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ITINERARY 

of the 

Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry 

1861-1864 

With Roster, Portraits and Biographies 




Edited and Compiled by 

LAWRENCE WILSON 

First Sergeant Company D 
Assisted by 

THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE 

of the 

REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION 



New York and Washington 
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 
1907 



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1 LIBRARY of CONGRESS J 
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Copyright, 1907, by 
LAWRENCE WILSON 




CONTENTS 

Pages. 

Introductory, '3 

I. The Opening Gun, 17 

II. The First Call for Troops, 23 

III. Camp Taylor, 26 

IV. Camp Dennison 3^ 

V. From Camp Dennison to Weston, .^J^ 

VI. Army Correspondence, 4' 

VII. Going to Glenville, Bulltown, Sutton and Sum- 

merville, 5^ 

VIII. Cross Lanes, 60 

IX. Report of the Battle of Cross Lanes 70 

X. More About Cross Lanes, 9° 

XI. At Charleston 102 

XII. The Cotton Hill and Loop Creek Campaign, 107 

XIII. Romney and Blue's Gap, i M 

XIV. Leaving Romney, 118 

XV. From Pawpaw to Winchester, 124 

XVI. The Battle of Kernstown, or Winchester, 128 

XVII. From Kernstown and New Market to Fredericks- 
burg and Back to Front Royal I44 

XVIII. From Front Royal to Port Republic, 156 

XIX. The Battle of Port Republic, 164 

XX. From Luray to Alexandria and Around to Cul- 

pepcr Court House, 172 

XXL The Battle of Cedar Mountain i77 

XXII. The Second Bull Run Campaign, 195 

XXIII. Antictam 202 

XXIV. On Loudoun and Bolivar Heights and the Fight 

at Dumfries, 215 

XXV. From Dumfries to Chancellorsville, 228 

XXVI. The Battle of Chancellorsville, 231 

XXVII. The Gettysburg Campaign, 248 

XXVIII. The Return from Gettysburg, 259 

XXIX. The Sea Voyage to New York City and Back,. . . 261 

XXX. From the Rapidan to Wauhatchie Valley 263 

XXXI. The Battle of Lookout Mountain 269 

XXXII. Missionary Ridge and Ringgold 281 

XXXIII. Back to VVauhatchie and Bridgeport 290 

XXXIV. The Atlanta Campaign. Dug Gap, and Resaca. . . 295 
XXXV. Pumpkin Vine Creek, Dallas, and New Hope 

Church, .100 

XXXVI. Going Home to be Mustered Out 3n 

XXXVII. ".\ Year With the Rebels," 316 

XXXVIII. Prison Life 330 

XXXIX. Sketch of Prison Life and the Bone-Dust Trade, 344 

XL. An Episode of the Battle of Cross Lanes 347 



6 SE;V^NTH RKGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INI^ANTRY 

Pages. 

GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE, 359 

TRIBUTE OF COLONEL WILLIAM F. FOX TO THE SEVENTH OHIO, 360 

BIOGRAPHIES. 

Field and Staff- 
Tyler, Erastus B., Colonel, 365 

Creighton, William R., Colonel, 366 

Asper, Joel F., Lieut.-Colonel, 368 

Crane, Orrin J., Lieut.-Colonel, 370 

McClelland, Samuel M., Lieut.-Colonel, 371 

Casement, John S., Major, 372 

DeForest, Louis Germain, Adjutant, 374 

Brown, Frederick Thomas, Chaplain, 2sl^ 

Morris, John, Quartermaster, 377 

Hubbard, Newton K., Sergeant-Major, 379 

Coe, H. H., Leader Band, 381 

Clark, Martin VanBuren, Musician, 383 

Company A — 

Molyneaux, Joseph B., Captain, 384 

Howe, William A., Captain, 387 

McKay, George A., Captain, 389 

Claflin, Jeremiah Getchel, First Sergeant, 39i 

Austin, Lewis, Corporal, 393 

Sweet, Samuel, Corporal, 394 

Rockefeller, Frank, Private, 395 

Smith, Charles H., Private, 39^ 

Company B — 

Clark, Mervin, Captain, 398 

Bohm, E. H., First Lieutenant, 400 

Bauder, Levi F., First Sergeant, 403 

Schmidt, Gustav, Sergeant, 405 

Gasser, Joseph M., Private, " 406 

Walker, Thomas, Private, 408 

Company C — 

Shurtleff, Giles W., Captain, 410 

Davis, Llewellyn R., Captain 412 

Andrews, Martin M., First Sergeant, 414 

Day, Selden Allen, Sergeant and Colonel, 416 

Bowler, Charles Pendleton, Sergeant, 420' 

Orton, Hobert G., Sergeant, 423 

Condit, Edgar Mantelbert, Sergeant, 425 

Buxton, Charles Hall, Sergeant, 428 

Death of Sergeant O. C. Trembley, 43° 

Guinn, James Miller, Corporal 431 

Raymond, James Warner, Corporal, 432 

Cheney, James Wilson, Private, 433 

Cleverdon, Joseph S., Private, 435 



CONTENTS 7 

Pages. 

Grigsby, Philip, Private 436 

Kingsbury, Seldcn Bingham, Private, 438 

Stone. Marvin C, Private, 440 

Ward, David A., Private, 442 

Company D — 

Wood. George L., Captain 443 

Williams. A. J.. Second Lieutenant, 444 

Tisdel. Willard P., First Sergeant 446 

Wilson, Lawrence. First Sergeant, 448 

Force, Emory Warren. Sergeant 450 

Cain, William, Sergeant, 452 

Colwell, Albert, Private, 453 

Rhodes, Henry H., Private, 454 

Company E — 

Sprague. John Wilson, Captain 455 

Weed, Charles A., Captain, 457 

Wilcox, Arthur T., Captain 458 

Clarke, Joseph S., Private, 460 

Wickham, John Wanton. Private, 462 

Company F — 

Spencer, Harlow Nathaniel, Captain, 463 

Davis, George H., Private, 465 

Morley, Alfred Watson, Private 466 

Company G — 

Braden, William D., Captain, 467 

Dean, Harry M., First Lieutenant, 468 

Hartzell, James N., Corporal, 469 

Owen, Humphrey B., Corporal, 470 

Horner, Anthony Wayne, Private, 471 

Company H — 

Nesper, Christian W.. Captain, 472 

Cavannah, Arthur Albion. Private 474 

Garrard, Charles T., Private, 475 

Murray, Robert Drake, Private 477 

Oliver, George W., Private, 479 

White, Addison, Private, 480 

White, Riley, Private 48^ 

Company K — 

Krieger, Ernst J., Captain, 483 

MONUMENTS. 

Seventh Regiment Monument at Cleveland, Ohio 485 

The Monument at .A.ntictani. .Maryland 487 

The Regimental Monument at Gettysburg 488 

Candy's Brigade Marker, 494 



8 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI^UNTEER INEANTRY 

Pages. 

HISTORY OF THE WHITE BANNER, 496 

OUR FIRST REUNION, 503 

POEMS. 

Antietam, 512 

The Days of Sixty-three, 513 

The Phantom Regiment, 514 

Dirge for One Who Fell in Battle, 516 

Somebody's Darling, 517 

The Bivouac of the Dead, 518 

REGIMENTAL ROSTER, 521 

CASUALTY LIST, 629 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Facing page 

Adams, T. E. W.. 429" 

Andrews, M. M. 4i4^ 

Antictam Monument, 4«7 - 

Asper, Joel F. 3o8 ^- 

Austin, Lewis, 393 ^ 

Bauder, Levi F., 403 

Baxter, Morris 3/6 

Bellows, Curtis J 373 -' 

Bohm, Edward H., 400v^ 

Bowler, Charles P., 420 '^ 

Braden. William D., 467 

Brand, Frederick, W. 397 

Brigade Marker near Little Round Top, 494 

Brooks, Charles A., 370 

Brown, Frederick T., 37^ 

Brown, Dwight H. 390 

Buxton. Charles H., 428^ 

Cain. William 452 ^ 

Camp Dennison Frontispiece^ 

Casement, John S., 372 ■^ 

Cavannah. Arthur T., 474 ' 

Cedar Mountain Map, 180 

Chancellorsvillc Map, 231- 

Chenev. James W. 433 ^ 

Claflin, Jere G., 39i ^ 

Clark, Mervin, 398 

Clark. M. V 383-' 

Clarke, Joseph S 460-^ 

Cleverdon, Joseph S., 435 ' 

Coc, Henry II 381 

Colwell, Albert 453 

Condit, Edgar M 425 • 

Crane. Orrin J 370 '■ 

Creighton. W. R 366 • 

Cross Lanes Map, 80 

Cryne, Joseph 482 • 

Davis. Llewellvn R 412 ^ 

Davis. George II 465 • 

Day, Seldcn A. 4i6 

Day, Colonel Sclden A 419 

Dean, Harry M., 468 - 

DeForcst. Louis G. 374 

Dickson, Thomas P., 434 

Dyer. John N., 444 

Eaton, Henry Z 473 



lO SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

Facing page 

Fisher, S. S., 472 

Force, Emory W., 450 

Garrard, Charles T., 475 

Gasser, James M., 406 

Gear3''s Division Flag, 275 - . 

Gettysburg Monument, 490 "^ 

Green, Edwin, 454 / 

Green, Isaiah B., 472 

Grigsby, Philip, 436 

Guinn, J. M., 431 

Hartzel, James N., 469 

Hicks, Owen, 437 

Hime, Jacob E., 407 

Hine, Reuben R., 476 

Hopkins, Marcus S., 464 

Horner, Anlhony W., 471 

Howe, William A., 387 > 

Hubbard, Newton K., 379 

Hughes, Morris R., 380 

Jones, Isaac C., 414 

Jones, John D., 409^ 

Keller, Charles A., 398 v' 

Kingsbury, Selden B., 438 ■ 

Krieger, E. J., 483 

Lawrence, D. B., 398 

Lockwood, George D., 445 . 

Loomis, Stephen T., 378 ' 

McClelland, Samuel, 371 ■/ 

McKay, George A., 389 -> 

Miller, E. C, 451 

Molyneaux, J. B., 384 

Morey, E. W., 427 V 

Morley, A. V^., 466 

Morris, John, ^HJ 

Murray, Robert D., 477 

Nesper. Christian W., 472 

Off for Dixie, 38 

Oliver, Geo. W., 479 

Orton, Hobart G., 423 

Owen, D. D 380 

Owen, Humphrey B., 470 

Paine, Frank, Jr., 413 

Peiton, s. s., ■.!.■..;.;;■.;;■.;■. 478 

Port Republic Map,' 164 

Quayle, George L., 410 

Raymond, James M., 432 

Regimental Monument at Cleveland, 485 

Rhodes, Henry H., 454 

Rockefeller, Frank, 395 

Ross, Joseph H., 414 

Schmidt, Gustav, 405 



ILrlyUSTRATlONS II 

Facing page 

Schmidt. Fred H., 4^ 

Schutte, John F 4^4 

Shepherd. WiUiam D., 375 . ' 

Shurtleff. Ciles W., 4io >^ 

Smith. Carlos A 392 - ' 

Smith. Cliarles H 39<3 ' 

Smith. Ephraim J 4^1 ^ 

Spencer, Harlon N., 4^3 

Spraguc. John \V., 455 

Stebbins. Edward E., 4io • 

Stone. M. C, 44^ 

Sweet, Samuel, 394 

The End 

Tisdel. Willard P., 446-- 

Tremblev. O. C, 430-" 

Trotier, Joseph 404 i^ 

Tyler. Erastus B., 3^5 ^ 

Walker. Thomas 4oS^ 

Walworth. Warren F 44 1 "^ 

Ward. David A., 442 ^ 

Weed. Charles A., 457 -^ 

White, Addison, 4^ ■ 

White, Riley 482 

White Banner 49^ 

White Star Badge 230 

Wickham. John W 462 

Wilcox. Arthur T,, 458 • 

Williams. Andrew J ^^^y 

Wilson. Lawrence, 448' 

Winchester (Kernstown) Map, 129' 

Winzenried, Rudolph 4^^ 

Wood, George L., 443 ^ 

Woodward, Joshua S., 382 >^ 




"IN FRATERNITY, CHARITY AND LOYALTY" 

The Regimental Historian 






INTRODUCTORY 

If any explanation as to how the undersigned became in- 
terested in the preparation of this itinerary be necessary, it 
can be found in an earnest desire to have a more extended 
and correct account of our marches, campaigns, and battles 
written than that contained in Major Wood's "Record," 
and in the following communication : 

"CivEvELAND, O., July 9, 1904. 

"Dr. Lawrence Wilson, 

^'Med. Div. Pension Office, 

"Washington, D. C. 

"Dear Sir and Comrade: We the undersigned com- 
rades of the Seventh Reg. Association, realizing your 
ability, and the fact that you have opportunity to obtain 
official information from the records now on file in Wash- 
ington, as well as your personal knowledge and familiarity 
with all the engagements, marches, and experiences of the 
regiment, make this request, that you permit us to present 
your name at our reunion to be held in Cleveland, O., Sep- 
tember 8, 1904, as the Regimental Historian, and pledge 
ourselves to furnish you with all the material in our power 
to help you give us as satisfactory an account of the ser- 
vice of our regiment, as is possible. 

"Wm. a. Howe. 

"E. H. BoHM. 

"M. R. Hughes. 

"J. B. Molyneaux. 

"Levi F. Bauder. 

"J. G. Ceaeun. 

"George A. McKay." 

"Having been notified of my election as Historian the 

collection of data from every available source at once began. 

To assist in the preparation of this book a committee 



14 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

consisting of Captains E. H. Bohm, George A. McKay, J. 
B. Molyneaux, and Levi F. Bander was appointed by the 
Regimental Association in Augnst, 1905, to which Captain 
W. A. Howe was added and then elected Treasurer. 

The first great shock and irreparable loss was expe- 
rienced in the sudden and unexpected death of Captain 
Bohm, who had with his usual force and zeal taken hold of 
this project with a zest and will presaging certain success. 
His strength of character, physical and mental force, zeal 
and enthusiasm were sadly missed by his associates and his 
untimely death deeply mourned. 

With a view to creating a general interest in this work 
and of obtaining specific and general information from 
comrades generally, some hundreds of postal cards were 
prepared and sent out inviting written articles about the 
various marches and campaigns, as well as incidents, both 
humorous and pathetic, connected with our service, but I 
regret to say that these brought very few responses, as not 
many of our number now seem inclined to engage in such 
work. 

There were comrades, however, who appreciating the im- 
portance of the occasion, gave cordial assistance and co- 
operation from beginning to end, whose names a strong 
sense of appreciation and gratitude bids me mention. First 
upon this list is Capt, J. B. Molyneaux, who not only 
promptly volunteered to prepare the splendid Roster found 
upon these pages, but has also, during the more than two 
years devoted to this work, searched and found and copied 
invaluable data and information from the retained files of 
the Cleveland papers, and in addition thereto contracted for 
and carefully superintended the preparation and printing of 
all the portraits, cuts and maps for the entire regiment, and 
his efficiency in this line is clearly indicated by the character 
of the work so well illustrated herein. In fact, the days 
have neither been too long, nor the nights too tedious to 
deter him from doing something for the success of this 
cause — for all of which most cordial and grateful acknowl- 
edgment is hereby made. 



INTRODUCTORY 15 

The next comrade in this class is Capt. George A. Mc- 
Kay, who with his marked ahihty as a mihtary critic and 
writer is pccuh'arly well qnahficd to write of the days 
when we marched and fought and successfully bore the 
Stars and Stripes through many States, as witness his 
highly interesting articles covering Pope's retreat from 
Culpcper, Second Bull Run. and Antietam. as well as the 
transfer of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps from the Rapi- 
dan to Chattanooga, and the eminently successful battles of 
Lookout Mountain. Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold, where 
this gallant officer was torn and mangled upon the field of 
battle and made a cripple for life. He also compiled many 
of the personal sketches of officers and men found herein, 
and has shown himself to be as efficient and helpful in time 
of peace, as he was faithful, brave and true in time of war. 

That the services of Capt, Levi F. Bander as secretary, 
and of Capt. W. A. Howe as treasurer, have been cheer- 
fully given and every duty well performed, goes without 
saying, yet are hereby noted and gratefully acknowledged. 

As a company. Company C has, under the thoughtful and 
skilful management of Capt. M. M. Andrews, given much 
literary and financial assistance, for all of which it is sin- 
cerely hoped that they will find herein some measure of 
reward. 

Finally, to all who have contributed of their means or 
talent to the success of this undertaking, I beg to subscribe 
myself, most gratefully yours, 

Lawrence WiIvSon, 
Regimental Historian. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE OPENING GUN. 



The first hostile gun in the great war for the preserva- 
tion of the Union was fired at the steamer Star of the West 
on the 9th day of January, 1861, while it was seeking to 
extend relief to the garrison at Fort Sumter, in Charleston 
Harbor, and the following correspondence indicates what 
occurred there later on : 

''Headquarters Provisional Army, C. S. A.. 

"Charleston, S. C, April 11, 1861. 
"Sir: The Government of the Confederate States has 
hitherto forborne from any hostile demonstration against 
Fort Sumter, in the hope that the Government of the 
United States, with a view to the amicable adjustment of 
all questions between the two Governments, and to avert 
the calamities of war. would voluntarily evacuate it. There 
was reason at one time to believe that such would be the 
course pursued by the Government of the United States, 
and under that impression my Government has refrained 
from making any demand for the surrender of the fort. 
But the Confederate States can no longer delay assuming 
actual possession of a fortification commanding the entrance 
to one of their harbors and necessary to its defense and 
security. I am ordered by the Government of the Confed- 
erate States to demand the evacuation of Fort Sumter. My 
aides, Colonel Chestnut and Captain Lee, are authorized to 
make such demand of you. All proper facilities will be 
afforded for the removal of yourself and command, to- 
gether with the company arms and property, and all private 
property, to any post in the United States which you may 
select. The flag which you have upheld so long and witli 
3 



l8 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

SO much fortitude, under the most trying circumstances, 
may be saluted by you on taking it down. Colonel Chest- 
nut and Captain Lee will, for a reasonable time, await your 
answer. 

"I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"G. T. Beauregard. 
"Brigadier-General Commanding. 
"Major Robert Anderson, 

"Commanding at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C." 

"Fort Sumter, S. C, April ii, 1861. 
"General: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt 
of your communication demanding the evacuation of this 
fort, and to say, in reply thereto, that it is a demand with 
which I regret that my sense of honor, and of my obliga- 
tions to my Government, prevent my compliance. 

"Thanking you for the fair, manly, and courteous terms 
proposed, and for the high compliment paid me, 

"I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"Robert Anderson. 
"Major, First Artillery, Commanding. 
"Brig.-Gen. Beauregard, 

"Commanding Provisional Army." 

"Headquarters Provisional Army, C. S. A., 

"Charleston, S. C, April 11, 1861. 
"Major : In consequence of the verbal observations 
made by you to my aides, Messrs. Chestnut and Lee, in re- 
lation to the condition of your supplies, and that you would 
in a few days be starved out if our guns did not batter you 
to pieces, or words to that effect, and desiring no useless ef- 
fusion of blood, I communicated both the verbal observa- 
tions, and your written answer to my communications, to 
my Government. If you will state the time at which you 
will evacuate Fort Sumter, and agree that in the meantime 
you will not use your guns against us unless ours shall be 
employed against Fort Sumter, we will abstain from open- 



TIIIC OPKNING GUN 19 

ing fire upon you. Colonel Clicslmil and Captain Lcc are 
aulborized by me to enter into such an af;rccnient with you. 
You arc, therefore, requested to communicate to them an 
open answer. 

"I remain, major, very resi)cctfully, your obedient ser- 
\ ant, 

"G. T. Bl- AURKGARD, 

"Rric;a(lier-Gencral, Commandinj^. 
"Major RoBKRT Andiirson, 

"Commanding Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C." 

"Fort Sumticr, S. C, April 12. 1861. 

"General: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt 
by Colonel Chestnut of your second communication of the 
nth instant, and to state in reply that, cordially uniting 
with you in the desire to avoid the useless effusion of blood. 
I will, if provided with the proper and necessary means of 
transportation, evacuate Fort Sumter by noon on the 15th 
instant, and that I will not in the mean time open my fires 
upon your forces unless compelled to do so by some hostile 
act against this fort or flag of my Government by the 
forces under your command, or by some portion of them, 
or by the perpetration of some act showing a hostile inten- 
tion on your part against this fort or the flag it bears, 
should I not receive prior to that time controlling instruc- 
tions from my Government or additional supplies. 

"I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"Robert Anderson, 
"Major, First Artillery, Commanding. 
"Brig.-Gen. Beauregard, Commanding." 

"Fort Sumter, S. C, April 12, 1861. — 3.20 a. m. 
"Sir : By authority of Brigadier-General Beauregard, 
Commanding the Provisional Forces of the Confederate 
States, we have the honor to notify you that he will open 
the fire of his batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from 
this time. 



20 SEVENTH REGIMICNT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

"We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedi- 
ent servants, 

"James Chestnut, Jr., 

"Aide-de-Camp, 
"Stephen D. Lee, 
"Captain, C. S. Army, Aide-de-Camp. 
"Major Robert Anderson, 

"U. S. Anny, Commanding Fort Sumter." 

General Beauregard said in his official report : 

"In consequence of some circumstance of delay the bom- 
bardment was not begun precisely at the appointed moment, 
but at 4.30 o'clock the signal gun v^as fired and within 
twenty minutes all our batteries were in full play. There 
was no response from Fort Sumter until about 7 o'clock, 
when the first shot from the enemy was discharged against 
our batteries on Cummings Point. 

"By 8 o'clock the action became general, and throughout 
the day was maintained with spirit on both sides. Our 
guns were served with skill and energy. The effect was 
visible in the impressions made on the walls of Fort Sumter. 
From our mortar batteries shells were thrown with such 
precision and rapidity that it soon became impossible for 
the enemy to employ his guns en barbette, of which several 
were dismounted. The engagement was continued without 
any circumstance of special note until nightfall, before 
which time the fire from Sumter had evidently slackened. 
Operations on our side were sustained throughout the night, 
provoking, however, only feeble response. 

"On the morning of the 13th the action was prosecuted 
with renewed vigor, and about 7^ o'clock it was discovered 
our shells had set fire to the barracks in the fort. Speedily 
volumes of smoke indicated an extensive conflagration, 
and apprehending some terrible calamity to the garrison I 
immediately dispatched an offer of assistance to Major An- 
derson, which, however, with grateful acknowledgments, 



TIIK OPENING GUN 21 

he declined. Meaiiwhilo. being informed about 2 o'clock 
that a white flag was displayed from Sumter, I dispatched 
two of my aides to Major Anderson with terms of evacua- 
tion. In recognition of tlie gallantry exhibited by the gar- 
rison I cheerfully agreed that on surrendering the fort the 
commanding oflicer might salute his flag. 

By 8 o'clock the terms of evacuation were definitely ac- 
cepted. Major Anderson having expressed a desire to com- 
municate with the United States vessels lying off the har- 
bor, with a view to arrange for the transportation of his 
command to some port in the United States, one of his 
officers, accompanied by Captain Hartstene and three of my 
aides, was permitted to visit the officer in command of the 
squadron to make provision for that object. Because of 
unavoidable delay the formal transfer of the fort to our 
possession did not take place until 4 o'clock in the afternoon 
of the 14th instant. At that hour, the place having been 
evacuated by the United States garrison, our troops occu- 
pied it, and the Confederate flag was hoisted on the ram- 
parts of Sumter with a salute from the various batteries." 

The following official report indicates briefly why 
Fort Sumter was evacuated : 

"Steamship 'Bai^tic,' off Sandy Hook, 
"April 18, 1 86 1, — 10.30 A. M. — via New York. 
"Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours, 
until the (juarters were entirely burned, the main gates de- 
stroyed by fire, the gorge walls seriously injured, the maga- 
zine surrounded by flames, and its doors closed from the 
effects of heat, four barrels and three cartridges of i^owder 
only being available, and no provisions remaining but pork, 
I accepted terms of evacuation offered by General Beaure- 
gard. Ijeing the same offered by him on the iith instant, 
])rior to the commencement of hostilities, and marched out 
of the fort on Sunday aftcrnonn. the 14th instant, with 



22 skvi:nth re;gime;nt ohio voi,unte;er inj^antry 

colors flying and drums beating, bringing away company 
and private property, and saluting my flag with fifty guns. 

"Robert Anderson, 
"Major, First Artillery, Commanding. 
"Hon. S. Cameron, 

"Secretary of War, Washington." 

(Series I, Vol. I, War of the Rebellion Oflicial Records 
of the Union and Confederate iVrmies, pages 13, 14, et 
seq.) 



CHAPTER II. 

THE FIRST CALL I'OR TROOPS. 

Fort Sumter having been fired upon on April 12, 1861, 
surrendered on the 13th and evacuated on the 14th, and all 
hope of arriving at a peaceable solution of the great ques- 
tions then engaging the public mind having by this action 
been submitted to the arbitrament of the sword, the follow- 
ing call for troops was made : 

THE president's proclamation. 
"By iJic President of the United States: 
"a proclamation. 

"Whereas, The laws of the United States have been for 
some time past and now are opposed, and the execution 
thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, 
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and 
Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by 
the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the pow- 
ers vested in the ^Marshals by law; 

"Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of 
the United States, in virtue of the power vested in me by 
the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, 
and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of 
the Union, to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to 
suppress said combinations, and to cause the law'S to be 
duly executed. The details for this object will be immedi- 
ately communicated to the State authorities through the 
War Department. 

"I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid 
this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the ex- 
istence of our national Union and the jx^rpetuity of popu- 
lar government, and to redress wrongs already lung enough 
endured. 



24 SKV^NTH RKGIMKNT OHIO VOI^UNTEKR INFANTRY 

"I deem it proper to say, that the first service assigned 
to the force hereby called forth, will probably be to repos- 
sess the forts, places, and property which have been seized 
from the Union, and in every event the utmost care will 
be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid 
any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with 
property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any 
part of the country; and I hereby command the persons 
composing the combinations aforesaid, to disperse and re- 
tire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days 
from this date. 

"Deeming that the present condition of public affairs 
presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby in virtue 
of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both 
Houses of Congress. The Senators and Representatives 
are therefore summoned to assemble at their respective 
chambers at twelve o'clock, noon, on Thursday, the fourth 
day of July next, then and there to consider and determine 
such measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety and in- 
terest may seem to demand. 

"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and 
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. 

"Done at the city of Washington, this fifteenth day of 
April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and sixty-one, and of the independence of the United 
States the eighty-fifth. 

"Abraham Lincoln. 
"By the President. 

"Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State." 

(Note — Under this call 91,816 men were accepted.) 

Notwithstanding all that had been said in reference to 
secession and the establishing of a Southern Confederacy, 
many people were loth to believe that actual war would 
ensue, hence the attack upon Fort Sumter and President 
Lincoln's call for troops came like an electric shock to the 
nation. Both North and South sprang up like tigers in 
their lair. In cities, towns, and country places, business of 



THE FIRST CALL, FOR TROOPS 2$ 

every character was generally suspended, and public meet- 
ings were held where volunteers by thousands enrolled for 
the conflict. The State of Ohio was called upon for less 
than 13,000 men. In less than two weeks more than 75,000 
of her loyal sons tendered their services, when Governor 
Dennison persuaded the Secretary of War to accept twenty- 
one instead of thirteen regiments and informed the Presi- 
dent that if the State of Kentucky declined to furnish her 
quota, the State of Ohio would do it for her. 

As might have been expected, the hardy sons of northern 
Ohio, whose ancestors fought at Lexington and Bunker 
Hill, encamped at Valley Forge and crossed the Delaware, 
responded promptly and enthusiastically to the call and 
were early prepared to leave for camp. And what of the 
leave taking when these volunteers left their respective 
home towns? Marching in a body to the depot where a 
great throng had gathered, some well-known citizen said a 
few words of parting, while the favorite pastor offered an 
earnest prayer for the success of the cause, their protection 
and safe return; then for a few moments these warriors, 
in miniature, were left in the hands of those most dear. 
While many were already in tears at the thought of perhaps 
a final parting, others whose hearts were equally stirred, 
endeavored to smile and be cheery, yet a spirit of the 
utmost sadness prevailed until the cars came to bear them 
away. 

Then parent^ and others embraced and kissed their 
soldier boys with all the tenderness known to loving human 
hearts; said a fond good-by, and amid cheers, tears, and 
the waving of flags, hats, hands, and handkerchiefs, the 
train departed. 



CHAPTER III. 

CAMP TAYI.OR, 

On April i8, 1861, Mr. A. A. Jewett, of Cleveland, presi- 
dent of the Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society, ten- 
dered Governor Dennison the use of their Fair Grounds on 
Kinsman street, as a camp ground, whereupon the follow- 
ing orders were issued : 

"Generai, Headquarters, 
"Adjutant Generae's Office, 
"CoEUMBUS, O., April 18, 1861. 

"Generae Order 
No. 5. 

"Camp Taylor will be organized at Cleveland forthwith 
and will be the rendezvous for all troops raised in the 
Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Divisions, as lately organized, 
and also the Third Brigade of the Eighth Division. 

"Assistant Commissary-General George B. Senter is de- 
tailed to make all necessary provision for the camp grounds, 
supplies, etc., and Brig.-Gen. J. W. Fitch will assume com- 
mand of Camp Taylor, and will report by telegraph to 
headquarters of troops, daily, for orders and also of all 
arrivals. 

"The organization will be by companies until they report 
to camp, when such regimental organization will be effected 
as may be deemed best for the service. 

"H. B. Carrington, 
"Adjutant-General. 
"By order of the 

"Commander-in-chief." 



camp taylor 2/ 

"Headquarters Third Brigade, 
"Fourth Division, Ohio Volunteer Militia, 

"Cleveland, O., April jo, i86i. 
"Brigade Order 
No. I. 
''The following organized companies will report at Bri- 
gade Headquarters, Lyman Block. Monday, April 22, 1861, 
at 10 o'clock a. m., to receive orders to march into Camp 
Taylor : 

Hibernian Guards, Captain Kinney; 

Sprague Cadets, Captain De Villiers; 

Cleveland Light Guards, Captain Creighton; 
National Guards, Captain Wiseman. 

"Colonel Barnett of Cleveland Regiment of Light Artil- 
lery, will detail two companies of his command for guard 
duty and police regulation in camp. 

"Camp Taylor will be organized at the Cuyahoga County 
Fair Grounds, corner of Kinsman and Hudson streets, in 
the city of Cleveland, Monday, April 22d, 1861, at 11 
o'clock, at which time Brigade Headquarters at Lyman's 
Block will be discontinued. 

"All companies ordered into Camp Taylor after Monday, 
10 o'clock A. M.. will report to Brigade Headquarters at 
camp. 

"By order of 

"J. \V. FiTcii, 
"Brigadier-General. 
"W. F. Carey, 

"Brigade Major." 

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEERS. 

While the "Sprague Cadets." "Cleveland Light Guards." 
and "National Guards" had all been organized in the city 
of Cleveland since the fall of Sumter, there had also been 
formed at Oberlin, the "Monroe Riiles;" at Painesville. 
the "Painesville Union Guards;" at Huron, the "Huron 
Infantry;" at Franklin Mills, the "Franklin Riiles;" at 



Creighton, 


Co. 


A 


De Villiers, 




B 


Shurtleff, 




C 


Dyer, 




D 


Sprague, 




E 


Morris, 




F 


Seymour, 




G 


Asper, 




H 


Sterling, 




I 


Wiseman, 




K 



r~ 



28 SEVEJNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INEANTRY 

Ravenna, the "Tyler Guards;" at Warren, "Company A 
of Warren," and at Youngstown, the "Union Guards," all 
of which came trooping into Camp Taylor from April 22, 
and having been duly mustered were on the 28th of April, 
1861, designated as follows: 

Zouave Light Guards, Ca 

Sprague Zouave Cadets, ' 

Monroe Rifles, 

Painesville Union Guards, 

Huron Infantry, 

Franklin Rifles, ' 

Tyler Guards, 

Company A of Warren, 

Union Guards, 

National Guards, ' 

and denominated the Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers. 
The following extracts from the Cleveland Leader it is 
believed will be of interest : 

Cleveland Leader, April 18, 1861. 

"The Light Guards organization was completed and of- 
ficers elected as follows : W. R. Creighton, captain ; O. J. 
Crane, first lieutenant; A. C. Burgess, second lieutenant; 
Dudley Kimball, first sergeant ; George A. McKay, second 
sergeant; Frank Lynch, third sergeant; Dwight H. 
Brown, fourth sergeant; J. P. Mcllrath, first corporal; 
William J. Morgan, second corporal; Alexander Ewart, 
third corporal; William A. Howe, fourth corporal; C. L. 
Smith, commissary." 

Cleveland Leader, April 22, 1861. 

"The Sprague Zouave Corps elected the following of- 
ficers : C. A. De Villiers, captain ; James T. Steriing, first 
lieutenant ; T. T. Sweeny, second lieutenant ; H. Z. Eaton, 
ensign; Louis G. De Forest, orderly sergeant; Joseph B. 
Molyneaux, first sergeant; George Whitehead, second 
sergeant; Merwin Clark, third sergeant; Frank M. 
Thomas, fourth sergeant; E. B. Thomas, first corporal; 



CAMP TAYLOR 29 

William R. McChesney, second corporal ; Ed. Gibson, third 
corporal, and William Walworth, fourth corporal." 

Cleveland Leader, April 25, 1861. 

"We learn that 75,000 troops, the full number called for 
by the President's Proclamation, have been tendered from 
this State alone, and that 100,000 are probably prepared to 
do military duty. Our people are alive with patriotism 
and honest bravery." 

Same date : 

"The Union Guards, a fine company numbering 104 men, 
arrived at camp yesterday afternoon. They are from 
Painesville and were accompanied by the Painesville Brass 
Band, who discoursed sweet music as they marched through 
the streets." 

Cleveland Leader, April 26, 1861. 

"Shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday a company from 
Huron, numbering 80 men, came in, commanded by Cap- 
tain Sprague." 

Same date: 

"Portage County has sent 71 of her noble sons from 
Ravenna. The Company is named the 'Tyler Guards' in 
honor of Brigadier-General E. B. Tyler. The Company es- 
corted General Tyler to Camp Taylor, and after reporting 
themselves at headquarters, returned to the Weddel House 
for the night." 

Same date : 

"Eighty-four men came in on the C. & P. road last night 
from Franklin Mills, commanded by Captain John Morris." 

April 27, 1861 : 

"Company A, Second Brigade. Ninth Division Ohio 
Volunteer Militia, came to town last night from Warren, 
under command of Capt. Joel F. Asper. They marched to 
Camp Taylor this morning, where quarters were provided 
for them." 

Before any adeciualc prci)aration and provision could be 
made for their comfort, some 5,000 volunteers rendez- 



30 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

voused at Camp Taylor, and while the accommodations 
there were necessarily scant and crude, by the use of the 
Agricultural Society's buildings reinforced by hastily con- 
structed barracks, some eighty feet in length and sixteen 
wide, with aisles through the center and tiers of bunks on 
either side, like shelves in an apple bin, and packed to over- 
flowing, shelter was provided for the assembling patriots. 
As for uniforms, arms, or army rations, there were none. 
Meals were supplied by contract, while even blankets were 
scarce, and largely contributed by generous and loyal 
people. 

Everywhere the sound of martial music filled the air, and 
whenever a new organization came into camp with fifes 
screaming, drums beating, and colors flying, it was greeted 
with enthusiastic cheers and given a most cordial welcome. 

And what a motley crew ! 

In the absence of regulation uniforms every sort of cos- 
tume prevailed. Each volunteer wore the garb he donned 
when he left home for camp, yet this did not detract from 
his desire to learn the evolutions of a soldier and cjualify 
himself for the proper discharge of his duties as such ; 
hence each day was given to drill with all the zeal and 
earnestness of young men preparing to do battle for their 
country. 

ONE OE THE EIRST LETTERS EROM CAMP. 

"Camp Taylor, Cleveland, O., April 27, 1861. 

"We left Painesville at 12.40 Wednesday, and arrived 
in camp about 3 o'clock. Headed by the Cornet Band we 
were marched on to the parade grounds and rested until 
supper time, when we were called together and marched to 
supper, which consisted of bread, cofifee and cold meat. 
After this we were marched near headquarters and received 
a good heavy blanket, thence to the barracks, where we 
stopped for the night. 

"After a night's rest on Uncle Sam's feathers (straw) 
we were called by the reveille. Orderly Weed called the 
roll, and we broke ranks to prepare for breakfast, after 



CAMP TAYLOR 3I 

which wc were inarched to the parade grounds, where we 
drilled until dinner. Our dinner consisted of meat and 
potatoes, bread and beans and water. From 2 until 6 
o'clock visitors are allowed on the grounds. At 5 o'clock 
we all assemble around the center stand for prayer. The 
boys are all enjoying themselves first rate. There arc be- 
tween four and five thousand men in camp at present. Re- 
spects to all. 

"W. P. TlSDEL. 

"To Paiiicsvillc Telegraph." 

On April 28, 1861. the Sprague Zouave Cadets (Co. 
B) were presented with a handsome flag by their lady 
friends, Mrs. A. Stone making the presentation address. 



CHAPTER IV. 

CAMP DENNISON. 

Camp Dennison, named after the then Governor of the 
State of Ohio, was conveniently located on the Little Miami 
River and railroad, seventeen miles north of Cincinnati, in 
what had been a huge corn-field of more than five hundred 
acres, then seeded to wheat, and existed as a camp of or- 
ganization and instruction for infantry, cavalry, and artil- 
lery, all through the war of which we write, as well as a 
vast hospital where thousands of sick and wounded and 
convalescent soldiers found shelter and medical treatment. 

In the early days of 1861 Camp Dennison was under the 
command of Brig.-Gen. Jacob D. Cox.* 

"Columbus, Ohio, May 2, 1861. 
"Special Order 
No. 135. 
"The Seventh and Eighth Regiments Infantry, will leave 
Camp Taylor, May the 3d, instant, en route for Camp 
Dennison, by the C. C. & C. Railroad, and will be at the 
depot to leave at 5 o'clock in the morning without fail. 

"They will supply themselves with an army ration of 
cooked provisions. H. B. Carrington, 

"Adjutant-General. 
"By order of Commander-in-Chief: 
"To Brig.-Gen. J. W. Fitch, 
"Camp Taylor." 

"Special Order "Columbus, O., May 3, 1861. 

No. 146. 
"The Seventh Regiment on arrival at Columbus will 
march into Camp Jackson until further orders. 

"H. B. Carrington, 
"Adjutant-General. 
"By order of Commander-in-Chief: 
"To Brig.-Gen. J. W. Fitch, 
"Camp Taylor." 

*See frontispiece. 



CAMP DENNISON 33 

On May 3, 1861, George B. McClellaii, wlio luul been 
appointed major-general of the Ohio Militia by Governor 
Dcnnison. visited Camp Taylor and ordered that a detail of 
ten men from each of the ten companies, destined to become 
the Seventh Ohio Infantry, proceed the next day to Camp 
Dennison to construct barracks for the regiment. This 
detail of lOO men, under the command of Lieut. Orrin J. 
Crane, left the city of Cleveland on May 4, at 6 a. m., 
reaching Camp Dennison about 5 p. m. to find that the lum- 
ber for the construction of barracks had not yet arrived. 

In the absence of any provision of quarters for this de- 
tail. Lieutenant Crane and his men sought shelter for the 
night in the already crowded barracks of the Eighth Ohio 
Infantry and in abandoned buildings near by. 

On the morning of May 5, Lieutenant Crane and his 
detail went forth in the midst of a severe rain storm, to 
learn that while the lumber had reached its destination, but 
one mule and one ox team had been provided to haul it 
from the railroad to the building sites, a quarter of a mile 
distant. 

As some seventy barracks were to be hastily constructed, 
the absolute inadequacy of the transportation mentioned 
was at once apparent ; but nothing daunted, those sturdy 
patriots at once began carrying the heavy, rough, water- 
soaked lumber through mud and mire, until energy, pluck, 
and endurance were well-nigh vanquished, and yet that 
night they rested well. 

The next morning Lieutenant Crane and his men again 
awoke to find the rain falling as in the days of Noah, yet 
they went to work with renewed vigor and determination, 
again carrying lumber through mud and mire now almost 
knee deep, yet thinner than the day before because of more 
water mixed with it, and by 5 p. m. had succeeded so well 
in the construction of the seventy barracks as to have many 
of them enclosed so as to afford partial slicltcr to the rest 
of their comrades when they arrived. 

These barracks were built of rough boards, like railroad 



34 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

shanties, 12 by 18 feet, six to a company, three on each side 
of a street 25 feet wide, facing each other, with a cook- 
house of same size in the rear. 

LEAVING CAMP TAYLOR. 

On May 5, 1861, a beautiful Sabbath morning, the Sev- 
enth Ohio Infantry left Camp Taylor, under command of 
Capt. William R. Creighton, and marching to the Cleveland, 
Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, embarked in eighteen 
cars for Columbus. The following is an extract from the 
Cleveland Leader of May 6, 1861 : 

"Both sides of the street were lined with people and the 
number grew larger momentarily, a large portion of them 
women, and waving handkerchiefs and tearful eyes bore 
witness to the sympathy which was felt for those young 
men who were going forth to do battle in behalf of that 
which is equally dear to us all. Never did the several com- 
panies march better or look better. 

"At the depot and along the track there were gathered 
from 5,000 to 8,000 people; among them were many of our 
most respectable citizens and several ministers of the 
gospel. Some of the farewells were most affecting, and 
indeed there were at any time few dry eyes among those 
who were near the cars. The soldiers were cheerful and 
endeavored to console those whom they were leaving with 
promise of a safe and speedy return. 

"At length the train began to move, and as it rolled out 
of the depot there was silence for a moment and then cheer 
after cheer arose, which those on board returned, and in the 
midst of a thousand cries of 'God bless you!' the noble 
Seventh, the pride of Ohio, departed." 

While en route to Columbus the people everywhere 
greeted the soldiers with every demonstration of enthusi- 
astic and patriotic approval, and at Grafton the ladies 
served a liberal basket lunch, which was greatly enjoyed by 
the boys who had for a few days been deprived of "mother's 
cooking." Comrade N. K. Hubbard said in a letter: 



CAMP DENNISON 35 

"Following: this, about 2 o'clock, we had dinner while the 
cars were in motion, which consisted of cold meat, bread 
and butter, crackers and cheese. All were well satisfied." 

Columbus was reached about 5 p. m., and the regiment 
marched to Camp Jackson about one-half mile out, where 
supper was at once announced. 

After supper it was found that the entire regiment could 
not be accommodated in the barracks at Camp Jackson, 
when the Sprague Cadets and Monroe Rifles marched to 
the State-House, where the Cadets were quartered in the 
basement, while the Rifles took possession of the Senate 
Chamber. 

As early as 3.30 a. m. on May 6 the Seventh w^as astir, 
and embarking again on early trains, reached Camp Denni- 
son that afternoon in the midst of heavy rain and a sea of 
mud, making the entry into this new camp singularly dreary 
and forbidding. 

Within a few days, however, with the completion of the 
barracks and fair weather, which speedily eliminated the 
mud. Camp Dennison became a habitable and desirable 
place. 

THE KLECTION OF FIELD OFFICERS. 

"Columbus, Ohio, May 6, 1861. 
"Special Order 
No. 150. 
"The Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers, called out 
under requisition of the President of the United States, 
will elect field officers, the 7th instant, at 3 o'clock p. m. 
"Officers and men all voting by ballot. 
"Return to be made at this office. 

" H. B. Carrington, 
"Adjutant-General. 
"By order of the Commander-in-Chief. 
"To Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox, 
"Camp Dennison." 

The candidates for the colonelcy of the Seventh Regi- 
ment were Erastus B. Tyler, of Ravenna, a former briga- 



36 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

dier-general of militia, and State Senator James A. Gar- 
field. The former was elected, while Capt. William R. 
Creighton of Company A was the unanimous choice for 
lieutenant-colonel, and John S. Casement, of Painesville, 
Lake County, for major. 

The regimental staff was completed by the appointment 
of Dr. Henry K. Cushing, surgeon; Dr. Francis Salter, 
asst. surgeon ; Rev. Frederick T. Brown, chaplain ; Louis 
G. DeForest, adjutant; John Morris, R. O. M. ; Leicester 
King, sergeant major; Marcus S. Hopkins, quartermaster 
sergeant; John L. Woodard, drum major; and Harry 
Wood, fife major. 

On May 3, 1861, President Lincoln issued his first call 
for volunteers to serve for a period of three years, and on 
May 24, Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox, then in command of 
Camp Dennison, announced his desire to know how many 
of the Seventh Regiment would enlist for that period. The 
officers were practically unanimous in favor of a reorgani- 
zation on the three-year basis, and the subject being 
brought before the men, about three-fourths of them en- 
listed. 

As soon as possible these three-year volunteers were uni- 
formed and given a ten-day furlough, while the various 
company officers went to their respective homes in search 
of recruits to take the place of the men who did not re- 
enlist, and by the middle of June the quota of the regiment 
was full. 

On June 14 the members of the regiment who did not 
reenlist left Camp Dennison on leave, until regularly mus- 
tered out of service, which occurred at Columbus on Au- 
gust 18, 1 86 1. 

On June 19, 1861, the field officers were reelected, and 
on that day and on the 20th, the entire regiment was regu- 
larly mistered into the military service of the United States 
by a Regular Army officer, to serve for the full period of 
three years. 

On June 21 at a meeting of the officers the following 
action was taken : 



CAMP dennison 37 

"\Vc the undersigned, commandants of the several com- 
panies composing the Seventh Regiment of Ohio Volun- 
teers and field officers belonging thereto, called into service 
of the President of the United States, being advised of the 
fact that our honored colonel, E. B. Tyler, is about to leave 
his little daughter. Mary, to the care of strangers and go to 
the defense of his countiy, do hereby agree that in case any 
unforeseen casualty should deprive our regiment of its colo- 
nel and his child of a protector, we will adopt the said Mary 
A. Tyler as the 'Daughter of the Seventh Regiment,' and 
we further pledge ourselves to extend over her the care and 
protection of this regiment until she shall arrive at the age 
of maturity. 

"Given under our hands at Camp Dennison, O.. this 2ist 
day of June, A. D. 1861. 

W. R. Creighton. Lieut. Col. 

J. S. Casement, Major. 

O. J. Crane, Captain of Co. A. 

James T. Sterling, Captain of Co. B. 

J. W. Shurtlefe, Captain of Co. C. 

John N. Dyer, Captain of Co. D. 

J. W. Sprague, Captain of Co. E. 

D. B. Clayton, Captain of Co. F. 

W. H. Robinson, Lieut. Commanding, Co. G. 

J. F. AsPER, Captain of Co. H. 

W. R. Sterling, Captain of Co. L 

John J. Wiseman, Captain of Co. K." 

On June 2.2 arms, accouterments. and uniforms were 
drawn and issued, and the Seventh Regiment of Ohio Vol- 
unteer Infantry was placed upon a war footing. 

Our guns consisted of old fiint lock muskets converted 
into percussion locks, and destinctl to carry "buck and 
ball," which proved to be very effective in battle at short 
range. For the space of three days the regiment drilled 
almost incessantlv in the manual of arms, learning how to 
handle their jjicccs and "load in nine times." 



CHAPTER V. 

FROM CAMP DENNISON TO WESTON. 

On June 25, to the great joy of every member of the 
organization, orders came to cook rations and be prepared 
to leave camp the next day. 

What glorious news was this ! Whither going or what 
we were to do, we cared not, so that we left camp in peace- 
ful Ohio and were placed upon active duty in the enemy's 
country. 

At a very early hour on June 26 the members of the 
Seventh were astir and taking their first lesson in packing 
knapsacks. It is needless to state that the capacity of our 
knapsacks seemed disgustingly small when we attempted to 
store therein our modest supply of clothing and numerous 
keepsakes which we did not see how we could part with. 
We experienced our first great disappointment, however, 
when we had to wait all day until 6 p. m. before the train, 
in sections, rolled away, but we subsequently learned that 
it was frequently military to fall in promptly and then wait 
and keep on waiting, until tired out and thoroughly dis- 
gusted, before the column moved. Going by Columbus, 
camp equipage and ammunition were taken on board, and 
with a train of 45 cars, running in sections, and accom- 
panied by extra locomotives, the regiment reached Bellaire, 
on the Ohio River, some four miles below Wlieeling, on 
June 27, about 3 p. m., having been given an ovation along 
the entire route. 

The command at once crossed over to Benwood and 
stood upon Virginia soil. Ammunition was issued and 
muskets loaded, so as to be prepared for any emergency. 

At dusk for the first time the regiment bivouacked in the 
open, under the starry canopy. 

Just after midnight we were aroused to embark in box 
cars, and about 2 o'clock a. m. of June 28 left for Grafton. 



r^:^^'^ (i ;s 



R€ 







FROM CAMP DENNISON TO WESTON 39 

This branch of the B. & O. R. R. passes through a very 
rough and hilly country, generally following along the 
course of streams, now and then plunging through tunnels 
of less or greater length, making our journey in the dark- 
ness, with a prospect of a possible attack while en route, 
strangely weird and uninviting. 

After a brief pause at Grafton the trains proceeded to 
Clarksburg, where about 3 p. m. the entire command dis- 
embarked, pitched tents, and established camp in the 
enemy's country. 

The next day the Seventh was called out by Colonel 
Tyler, who delivered an address exhorting faithfulness, 
steadiness, and strict obedience to orders. A stand of 
colors was also presented on behalf of the German Turners 
of Cleveland, Ohio, and when dismissed it was under in- 
structions to be ready to march at 3 p. m. upon an impor- 
tant mission. 

At 4 P. M. the regiment, newly armed, uniformed, and 
equipped, and led by a splendid instrumental band, under a 
German professor, marched out of Clarksburg with drums 
beating and colors flying and took the pike for Weston, 25 
miles distant. At first how jolly we all were, although 
loaded down with large and well-packed knapsacks, haver- 
sacks, canteens, guns, and cartridge-boxes. 

The weight of our entire ecpiipment was not for a time 
noticed, but as the miles and the hours wore on hilarity 
graduallv ceased, and by dark we began to feel somewhat 
fatiguctl. An occasional brief halt was made, and as the 
night and distance drew on. our fatigue, thirst and hunger, 
and loss of sleep Ijegan to be more and more apparent. 
Tender and unused feet in stiff and unused army shoes 
began to chafe and blister; the straps on our knapsacks 
began to cut into our shoulders, while those across our 
chest became irksome and confining. 

About midnight we reached a little town strung out 
along the main road, called Jane Lew. which was illumi- 
nated with many tallow candles, and looked checM-ful and 
inviting. 



40 SEIVKNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI^UNTDER INEANTRY 

At early dawn, after what seemed an almost endless all- 
night march, we were yet some distance from Weston, 
when orders were given to lengthen step, which caused 
some to drop out of ranks, completely exhausted. How- 
ever, as the goal must be reached, our officers still urged us 
on, and finally gave the order to double quick. At this 
many more fell out by the wayside, while others, who 
could not keep up with their heavy load, threw ofif their 
knapsacks, struck out at a lively trot, determined to be "in 
at the death," and held on valiantly until the town was 
reached. 

Upon entering the town about 5 a. m. on June 30, (a 
lovely Sunday morning) the regiment divided, and deploy- 
ing through the streets had possession before the citizens 
knew of our presence. 

The Union people gave us breakfast, and when the 
baggage arrived "Camp Tyler" was established across the 
river, the w^st fork of the Monongahela. 



CHAPTER VI. 

ARMY CORRESPONDENCE. 

"Weston, Va., July 4. 1861. 
"Leaving Grafton on Friday last, at about 8 a. m., we 
came on the North Western Virginia R. R. to Clarksburg, 
and there encamped. Saturday afternoon Colonel Tyler 
drew the regiment up in the form of a square, and ad- 
dressed us in substance as follows : 

" 'Soldiers of the Seventh Regiment — You are now in the 
midst of the enemy's country, surrounded by secessionists, 
and it becomes us to be on the alert against their move- 
ments. Your conduct as soldiers, from the time of your 
arrival at Camp Dennison, has been made known to the 
commander-in-chief, and in return for your uniform pa- 
triotism and prompt obedience, he has assigned to you, in 
preference to any other regiment, the important position 
you at present occupy. 

" 'In all your actions, act as gentlemen, and show to the 
people in whose presence you are that the Ohio boys as 
gentlemen and soldiers are one. I am, by your choice, to 
lead you. I am but a machine in your hands. Gentlemen, 
it is in your power to go on to complete victory or complete 
defeat. If you see fit to place confidence in me, obey my 
commands, and follow me where I may lead, I shall feel 
proud of the command of the Seventh Regiment. The 
country in which we are situated, I am probably better ac- 
quainted with than any other man in the world — and with 
my knowledge of the country, and your obedience to com- 
mands, we can accomplish everything. Will you follow 
where I will lead? [Universal Yes! Yes! Yes! Hurrah 
for Colonel Tyler!] Soldiers — we have received marching 
orders. To-morrow morning by 3 o'clock we wish to 
reach a certain point ; be ready ; obey orders implicitly, 
and all will be well.' 



42 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

''The point which the Colonel wished to reach, I ascer- 
tained privately, was Weston — a town 23 miles south of us, 
over the hills, and there he wished to capture fifteen of the 
most noted secessionists and take possession of a secession 
bank. At 4 p. m. on Saturday we packed up our traps, and 
with our knapsacks on our backs, haversacks slung at our 
sides with one day's rations, belts around our waist with 
cartridge-box containing twenty rounds of cartridges, cap- 
box, bayonet and scabbard, revolver and knife, and musket 
on the shoulder, we started at quick time from Clarksburg. 

"The latter part of the march, with such a load to carry, 
was very fatiguing; and when within one mile and a half 
from the town the order was given for double quick, many 
of the men were so fatigued that they fell out of the 
ranks — others threw away their knapsacks. Perhaps there 
were one hundred in all who from fatigue did not march 
into town with the regiment. Entering and surrounding 
the town, taking possession of the bank, was done in good 
order, in a short time, without any opposition whatever. 

"I had almost forgotten to mention that when within a 
quarter of a mile of the town, a man was seen running up 
the hillside to the left of us. He was supposed to be a spy, 
and accordingly was called on to halt! Failing to do so, 
he was fired on, but at such a distance without effect. He 
was seen to fall, however, and hide in the bushes. Several 
of the boys ran up, but it was the good luck of one of Com- 
pany D's boys to capture him, more frightened than hurt. 
William L. Wurts, of our company, captured the first of 
the secessionists taken by the Seventh Regiment in Vir- 
ginia. Good for him ! Several of our boys arrested rebels 
in the town. Captain Dyer arrested a great many. Lieu- 
tenants Weed and Williams each got one or two. Ser- 
geant French took three, one of whom was armed with a 
'76 musket. Your correspondent had the pleasure of ar- 
resting three secesJi — one of whom purported to be a Meth- 
odist minister, who has one son in the rebel army and 
another acting as scout. 

"The people of the town were taken by surprise, not 



ARMY CORRESPONDENCE 43 

knowiiij? at first whether we were Union men or secession- 
ists: hnt finihng out what we were, for the most part they 
were overjoyed to see us. The buttery and larder were 
emptied of their contents for the benefit of the soldiers; 
each, apparently, vied witli the other to see who should feed 
the most of us. One lady, a Mrs. Osborne, provided break- 
fast for sixty-four hungry soldiers, and almost that num- 
ber for dinner and supper. Another lady, a Mrs. Dins- 
more, satisfied the craving appetites of dozens of hungry 
soldiers. Numbers of others, whose names I do not know, 
feasted the boys liberally. Ever since we came here the 
Union loving folks of Weston have proven their generosity 
and patriotism by their conduct to the soldiers. 

"On Tuesday last the men folks went out and got a pole 
on which to raise a flag made by the ladies. A great crowd 
gathered at the flag raising, and some speech-making being 
desired, Lieut A. J. Williams was called on to act as the 
orator of the day — and in a very appropriate impromptu 
sf)eech, regarding our country, nationality, and glorious 
banner, showed himself just the man for the occasion. 
The glowing words fell from his lips hot with patriotic de- 
votion ; and when he spoke of the insults offered to our 
nation's flag — that flag which for ninety years has floated 
proudly in our land — and how we had come here to protect 
that flag, and maintain the rights of Union people, peace- 
ably if we could, forcibly if we must — it seemed as if a 
weird-like incantation had been thrown over the crowd, 
such death-like silence prevailed. After the speech, a 
young lady. — Miss Dinsmore, — stepped forward, and 
handsomely drew the Stars and Stripes to their position, 
amid the cheers of the assembled multitude. The Stars and 
Stripes, long may they wave in the village of Weston. 

"To-day is the Fourth. What memories it brings up. 
To-day the good folks of this town are going to give the 
Seventh a Fourth of July dinner. Ain't that good? Hur- 
rah for the people of Weston ! 

"Alreadv I have written too much, but two items of in- 



44 SEVENTH REGIMDNT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INI^ANTRY 

terest more and I close. We took possession of a secession 
printing-office, and our boys are printing a paper there 
to-day, called The Ohio Seventh. The bank we have pos- 
session of here contains as near as I can ascertain, 
$125,000 — a pretty good haul to start on, ain't it? Just 
one word more. All communications to the Seventh Regi- 
ment should be directed as follows — Company — Seventh 
O. v., Grafton, N. W. Virginia. Pardon length — still for 
the war, 

"W. D. She;pherd." 



WHO MADE THE EEAG AT WESTON ? 

"Des Moines, Iowa, February 19, 1906. 
"Dr. Wieson, 

"Washington, D. C. 

"I will tell you about the flag making. I think it was 
made at Mrs. Joe Osborn's, who kept the jail. A home 
where all of that kind of work was done. I think Rebecca 
and Maggie Densmore, two loyal sisters, and the two Moore 
sisters, Susan and Nannie, helped make the flag. There 
were five of us raised the flag, those four girls and myself. 
Not that it took all of us, but we wanted the honor of raising 
that flag, for it was the flag that we all loved. It was 
hoisted just opposite the Bailey Hotel on the corner. We 
were all dressed in patriotic collars and aprons. 

"I will always remember the Seventh Ohio boys. The 
Sunday morning they came into Weston we gave seven of 
them a good warm breakfast. Mother could have fed more 
if they had come. It seemed as though they had break- fast 
all over the town that morning. 

"Respectfully, 

"Mrs. J. S. Wilkinson, 

"Formerly Sallie McBride, of Weston. Lewis County, 
West Va." 



ARMY CORRESPONDENCE 45 

"Weston, Va.. July ii, 1861. 

"Friend Merrill: 'PIic 4lh was a joyful day at Camp 
Tyler. 1 tokl you the ladies of Weston were j^oing to j^ive 
the Seventh Ohio boys a dinner, and they did. Chick- 
ens, — weren't they good? — pies, cakes, biscuit, bread, but- 
ter, and everything else that w^as eatable, almost. In the 
afternoon the regiment paraded through the streets, and 
assisted in raising a large and beautiful flag, made by the 
good folks here. On the morning of the Fourth, Colonel 
Tyler received a dispatch from a small village 18 miles 
from here, to the effect that small parties of secessionists 
were committing outrages and depredations on the Union- 
ists in that section. Immediately he sent six men from 
each company, under the command of Captain Dyer, to the 
assistance of the Union men. On arriving at Bennett's 
Mills, however, he found the parties scattered to the moun- 
tains. 

"The evening of the 5th. at about 8 o'clock, the Colonel 
came to our tents, and asked the lieutenants if their com- 
pany was ready to march. 'Certainly, Colonel, always 
ready.' was the prompt reply. 'Well,' said he, 'get ready to 
go and join your captain.' At 10 o'clock p. m. we left 
Weston for an 18-mile march through a mountainous coun- 
try. I was sent ahead with an advance guard, and from 
some information given us by a man at whose house we 
halted to get a drink, we were not to be surprised if we 
should be fired into from the hillsides before we got 
through. Carefully, silently, and with measured tread we 
wound our way over the hills, down into deep, dark ra- 
vines, and gullies so dark — (Lieutenant Williams said it 
was as dark as a black nigger hunting for a black cat in a 
dark cellar) that we could not see one yard in advance of 
us. Scarcely a word was spoken the entire night, and 
then only in suppressed whispers. Forward we went ; bay- 
onets fixed, and at a charge; fingers on the triggers, ready 
to fire; but not a soul appeared nor a sound heard. T tell 
you, friend Merrill, it was rather ticklish marching, and we 
were not very sorry when daylight appeared. 



46 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

"At 6 A. M. of the 6th inst. we reached Camp Dyer (so 
called in honor of our captain), and soon after the Captain 
came in with some prisoners, having been out scouting the 
night previous. Several secessionists were taken, who, on 
taking the oath of allegiance, were allowed to go. Scout- 
ing parties went out by day and night, and usually brought 
in one or more prisoners. Lieutenant Weed, with a party, 
brought in eight at one time. Last Sunday night I went 
out with a party and brought in five, and two awful long 
rifles. 

"Monday morning a dispatch was sent to Captain Dyer 
to return immediately to Weston. In just one hour from 
the time the dispatch came, everything was packed up, and 
we were on the road. Part of the time the heat was in- 
tense, and several of our boys fell from the ranks, unable to 
stand the march and heat. A hea\y thunder storm provi- 
dentially arose, and the rain came down in torrents, wetting 
us, almost instantly, to the skin — but so cooling and refresh- 
ing that the rest of the march was made with considerable 
ease. 

"At 7 o'clock in the evening we again entered Weston, 
and found that the regiment had gone to Glenville, expect- 
ing to have a fight there. 

"I forgot to mention that a scouting party from the 
Seventh went out the other night and seized fifteen men 
and eight horses. 

"In my last I wrote that the amount of money taken pos- 
session of at the bank here was about $75,000. Colonel 
Tyler sent away of the amount taken $27,000 in specie, the 
principal part of the balance being in paper and not worth 
anything. 

"From actual observation I am convinced that a great 
majority of the secessionists in this section are so from 
policy more than principle. For instance, Bennett, the 
auditor of this State, is a strong secessionist. He owns a 
large tract of land around here, and numbers of people are 
living on his land — ^liave lived there for years — it is their 
home; the alternative is to leave their homes or be seces- 



ARMY CORRKSPONDKNCK 47 

sionists; policy says, stay, — therefore, they are seces- 
sionists. 

"Our prospects for a fight are good, and we hope soon to 
have one. Direct to us now at Clarksburg, Virginia. 
Excuse haste — all well, 

"W. D. Shepherd." 

WHY THE SEVENTH WAS SENT TO WESTON. 

In June. 1861, there was deposited in the bank at Wes- 
ton, Virginia. State funds to the credit of the insane asy- 
lum, the sum of $30,000 in gold, and during the excitement 
of the days of secession and beginning of hostilities this 
money seemed to have been overlooked by the authorities 
at Richmond. While the secessionists at Weston were 
hoping that this gold w^ould be saved to the Confederacy, 
the loyal men there took steps to prevent it. 

A secret meeting was held and one of their sturdiest 
members, Joshua C. Wilkinson, was selected to start that 
night on foot for Wheeling, to lay the matter before the 
Governor. Wilkinson stepped off 25 miles to Clarksburg, 
caught an early train to Wheeling, and at an early hour the 
next day had an audience with the Governor, who was 
equal to the emergency. Getting in touch with the au- 
thorities at Washington, he urged that at least a regiment 
of infantry be at once sent to Weston, with the result that 
the Seventh Ohio Infantry was at once ordered from Camp 
Dennison and reached the town in time to get the gold. 

Note. — This information was furnished by Comrade 
Daniel Ford of the Thirteenth West Virginia Infantry, 
then a boy living near Weston. 

"THE OHIO SEVENTH." 

At a meeting of the lieutenants of the Seventh Ohio 
Regiment the following officers were chosen to publish a 
Union paper at Weston : 

Proprietor. Lieutenant A. C. Burgess, Co. A. 

Leading Editor, Lieutenant J. N. Cross, Co. C. 

Assistant Editor, Lieutenant A. J. Williams, Co. D. 



48 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INEANTRY 

Publishers, J. F. Harmon and E. F. Grabill, Co. C. 

The office of the Weston Herald was taken possession of 
and the first copy of the Ohio Seventh was issued on July 
4, 1 86 1, from a defunct secession newspaper office with 
material left in great confusion. 

It was announced that the OJiio Seventh would be issued 
as long as the regiment remained at Camp Tyler, and that 
it was hoped copies would be issued in Richmond, Charles- 
ton, and New Orleans, and always from defunct secession 
newspaper offices. This little sheet was cordially greeted 
by soldiers and citizens and greatly enjoyed by all who 
saw it. 

The following marriage notices were announced : 

"In Cleveland, May 2, 186 1, Lieut.-Col. W. R. Creigh- 
ton of the Seventh Ohio Infantry and Miss Elenor N. 
Quirk, both of Cleveland. The Colonel's wife spent sev- 
eral days at Camp Dennison before the regiment left. It 
was hard to tell who had the most friends, the Colonel or 
his bride. Long live the Colonel with his bride — the bride- 
in-chief of the Seventh. 

"In Lyme, Huron County, Ohio, June 12, 1861, Lieut. 
A. T. Wilcox of Company E to Julia L. Morehouse. God 
bless you, Wilcox. 

"In Streetsboro, Ohio, June 12, 1861, Lieut. A. H. Day 
of Company F to Miss Tillie E. Shurtleff. We will take 
the cake after the war. 

"In Mentor, Ohio, June 9, 1861, E. S. Sackett of Com- 
pany C to Miss Nellie L. Webster. Sackett invites the 
Seventh to the infair, after the war.* 

"In Oberlin, Ohio, April 22, 1861, E. B. Hayes of Com- 
pany C to Miss Julina Barter. Success, Hayes, with war 
and wife." 

THE EIRST MILITARY EUNERAE. 

While at Weston there was an epidemic of measles and 
a member of the Seventh Regiment died. The troops fell 

*Sackett died March 29, 1862, from wounds received in battle at Win- 
chester, Va., March 23, 1862, and never saw wife or home again. 



ARMY CORRESPONDENCE 49 

ill under arms, and led by our instrumental band marched 
to the hospital. An ambulance served as a hearse. When 
all was ready the band led off, playing the saddest of all 
tunes. "The Dead March." With arms reversed and at 
slow time the solemn cortege moved to the cemetery, where 
the body was placed in the open grave. The chaplain's ad- 
dress, tender and sympathetic, drew tears from many eyes ; 
then with an earnest prayer, not forgetting the dead sol- 
dier's loved ones far away in the Northern home who 
should never look upon his face again, the firing squad took 
position — three sharp volleys, and all was over. 

The command "Attention!" was given; the band struck 
up "The Girl I Left Behind Me," and the command re- 
turned to camp to awake to the realization of the fact, not 
before considered, that although enlisting to do battle for 
their country, they might die of a simple distemper like 
measles, and never, as in this case, see an enemy. 



CHAPTER VII. 

GOING TO GLENVILLE, BULLTOWN, SUTTON, AND SUMMER- 

VII.LE. 

On July 7, 1 86 1, Companies B and H were ordered to 
march to Glenville, 28 miles distant, to the relief of Union 
troops stationed there, and Comrade M. M. Andrews 
states : 

"The next morning the regiment broke camp at Wes- 
ton and marched 18 miles toward Glenville and went into 
bivouac, but hearing that the companies which had pre- 
ceded us the day before needed help. Colonel Tyler directed 
Company C to push on that night. We marched most of 
the night through darkness and mud, reaching Glenville in 
the early morning, and occupied a large residence from 
which the rebel owners had departed. In the afternoon 
the regiment came up and we all camped in a vacant lot 
near the village, where we stayed fifteen days. It was 
there that Corporal Adams of Company C was shot by a 
bushwhacker." 

Comrade Adams has written of this affair as follows : 

"On Sunday morning the 21st of July, 1861, I was sent 
out in command of a squad of men to picket and guard a 
ford across the Little Kanawha about two miles down the 
river from Glenville. W. Va., with instructions to relieve 
and send in the old guard. On arriving at the place 
described we found no picket present. There was no 
mistaking the place — so I left the men and went to a house 
near by to make inquiry as to the reason of the absence of 
the guard. The people told me that the picket post was 
about forty rods beyond at the next house (which was not 
in sight because of a bend in the road which followed the 
crooks in the river). 

"When I got back to the men they had already taken ofif 



GOING TO GI.KNVII.IJv AND SUMMKRVII.IJv 5I 

tlicir blankets and made themselves ready to stay, and as 
the distance was so short I went on alone to notify the old 
picket of our presence. Just beyond the bend in the road 
there was a ledge of rocks with brush and trees j^rowinj^ 
up to its Q(\ge running along the road and three or four rods 
distant from the center of the road. At the highest part 
of the letlge was a large boulder. Suddenly, without the 
least warning, while utterly unconscious of danger, I re- 
ceived a shot from a riile which struck me just to the right 
of the spine and passed through a space of about five inches. 
It was aimed at my heart and had missed killing me be- 
cause the rebel had miscalculated my forward movement. 
I suppose a half an inch farther ahead and it would have 
killed me. as it would then have passed through the spine. 
On recovering from the partial fall I looked and saw the 
smoke coming from over the boulder, and raised my gun 
and was about to fire, 1)ut the thought struck me that as I 
saw no one. I should hit no one, and it would lea\'e me with 
an empty gun at the mercy of the rebel, so I reserved my 
fire until such time as I w^ould: have something to aim at. 
In an interview shortly after with Colonel Creighton. T told 
him the particulars as above, and he commended me for my 
coolness in reserving my fire. I have always been proud 
of getting- the commendation and approval of such a man 
as Colonel Creighton. And I have always been proud of 
being the first man wounded by a rebel in the glorious old 
Seventh Ohio, which afterward suffered so heavily in 
wounded and killed. I sent one of the men to camp with 
the news. The whole regiment came out, but failed to dis- 
ci )ver the rel^el, after diligent search. The next morning 
1 was sent by ambulance to Weston. At the same time the 
regiment left Glenville, going by the place where I was 
wounded, and I have been told that Captain Shurtleff had 
his horse killed on that occasion, while passing that place. 
It (my wounding) proved a final parting with many a 
dear friend, for before T recovered, "Cross Lanes" battle 
had taken place, where Company C lost 35 men killed, 
wounded, and prisoners." 



52 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Corporal T. E. W. Adams of Company C therefore bears 
the honorable distinction of having been the first man in the 
regiment to shed his blood in defense of his country. 

Captain Dyer with his scouting party to Walkersville, 
reached Weston the afternoon of July 8, when all the rest 
of the regiment, excepting Company A, had gone to rein- 
force the troops at Glenville. 

While at Glenville, Colonel Tyler, wishing to open com- 
munication with Gen. J. D. Cox, supposed to be operating 
in the Big Kanawha Valley below Charleston, requested 
Chaplain Brown of the Seventh to attempt this most 
hazardous journey. 

After brief preparation this courageous and well-beloved 
little man, about noon on Thursday, July i8, 1861, bade 
his comrades good-by and departed. The following is his 
own account of the affair: 

From Cleveland Herald, July 27th, 1861. 

"From the Chaplain of the Seventh, 
"Mouth of Pocotalico (Poco), 

"17 Miles below Charleston. 

"Monday, July 22, 1861. 
"You see I am still here, though in the note I sent you 
yesterday I told you I should leave in the afternoon. I am 
here by advice of General Cox, who thinks I will reach the 
Seventh about as soon by remaining with him as by return- 
ing the way I came, and by a much shorter route. I was 
reluctant to see it in this light. But as the object which 
brought me here has been secured, and my only reason for 
returning was to relieve the anxiety of Colonel Tyler and 
others for my safety, I thought it best to take the advice 
and remain, and especially as from dispatches received by 
General Cox from General McClellan a few hours before by 
way of Point Pleasant, to which place they had been tele- 
graphed, I learned that Colonel Tyler was, or very soon 
would be, on the move south to join us here, by way of 
Sutton and Summervillc. Take your map of Virginia and 
you will see that with the Seventh on the move south-east. 



GOING TO GLKNVII.1^ AND SUMMKRVII^IvK 53 

to join it by the way I came would make me travel nearly 
one hundred and fifty miles, and that by waitinjr and going 
across, I can join it in forty or fifty miles, reaching it per- 
haps as soon as by starting north at once. For this reason, 
and because of the dangers to which I would needlessly ex- 
pose myself by returning, I have remained. 

"Of course the trip I took did not lie immediately in the 
line of my prescribed duties. But in this world a man must 
do many' things, if he will live well, not immediately pre- 
scribed to him in his profession. Colonel Tyler was very 
anxious to get into communication with General Cox, from 
whom none of us in the North had heard anything for 
weeks, because of the secession belt between us, and our 
movements depended much on his. I was present in the 
council when it was determined to send some one to try to 
open communication. I did not offer my services, nor say 
a word. I heard the officers talking among themselves 
that it would be difficult and dangerous, that whoever went 
must disguise his connection with the army, and that he 
must seem to have business elsewhere in die neighborhood 
of Charleston, etc.. etc. All of them wished to go. But the 
Colonel told them he could not well spare any of them. He 
then turned to me and asked if I would and could go. I 
told him I could and w^ould, provided nothing was de- 
manded of me inconsistent with my character as a Chris- 
tian — that I could not say that I had business at Gauley 
Bridge nor elsewhere, etc., but that if the manner of it were 
left to me, I thought I could go safely through. I saw that 
he wished me to go, and that he was willing to trust to my 
own skill. So it was settled. As soon as possible — in two 
hours — I had all my things packed ready to be carried 
along with the regiment in case it moved during my ab- 
sence, was metamorphosed into a quiet-looking citizen, and 
was on horseback ready to start. The officers and Dr. 
Cushing were all very kind, and were around me in a crowd 
when I started, Dr. Cushing going with me a mile or two. 
A Union man of the neighborhood went with me some dis- 
tance to see me well off. Mv course lav for fortv miles 



54 sevknth regiment ohio voi^unteer infantry 

almost due west, tending a little to the south, through the 
counties of Gilmer, Calhoun, and Roane to California, the 
county-seat of Roane County. I started at 1 1 and reached 
California at 9 that night. The road was comparatively 
safe but very lonely. At Arnoldsburg, the county-seat of 
Calhoun County, there had been a rebel force of 100 the 
day before, who had blocked the road with trees cut down 
across, but becoming frightened, they had fled, leaving the 
way clear. At California I found parts of two regiments, 
Ohio and Indiana troops, the Indiana troops just leaving 
for Parkersburg. The Ohio troops were under the com- 
mand of Colonel Gilmer of Chillicothe, who received me 
and treated me very courteously. 

"There I stumbled upon Dr. Schenck, from Cleveland, 
whom I did not know, but who knew me, and was very 
kind in his attentions. To my inquiries of Colonel Gil- 
mer concerning General Cox, he could only say, 'I know 
nothing, and can learn nothing; Charleston may be taken, 
or General Cox may be routed for all I know.' 'What 
about getting to him?' 'I do not think you can do it.' 
'But I must try to get to him.' 'Well,' — with a shrug — 
'if you must I must help you all I can.' I told him all the 
help I wished was to get me a trusty man if he could 
to take me south fifteen miles and put me in communication 
with some Union man on the headwaters of the Pocotalico. 
After some search such a man was found, and we started. 
There were no incidents along the road, and the road itself 
was simply wild, mountainous, and rough. Before twelve, 
we were at Walton, a place of half a dozen houses, where I 
was going. There I found a motley, excited crowd of Union 
men, some with guns, some without, dirty, ragged and un- 
shaven, under the command of a Captain Paxton. In an 
instant the whole crowd was around me, agape for news. 
Going inside with the Captain, I told him what I wished. 
He knew nothing of General Cox, didn't know where he 
was, didn't know even if he were anywhere on the Kanawha. 
I told him I thought he was at the mouth of Coal River, 
12 miles lower down at the mouth of the 'Poco' — and that 



GOING TO GLENVILW; AND SUMMERVILLE 55 

I wished to get there. It was impossible, he said. Wise's 
Hght horse was scouring the country within a ra(hus of 
thirty miles; held Sissonville, near or through which I 
must pass; and were guarding the pike leading from 
Charleston to Ripley with regular patrols, which I must 
cross. The case did seem pretty nearly desperate, but I 
told him I must try to find me a safe scout with whom I 
could go in any disguise that was necessary, on foot and 
by night. In a little while he brought me the scout, whose 
overdress was a ragged, dirty shirt, looking as if it had 
never been washed, a pair of trousers in still worse condi- 
tion, especially behind, and a pair of moccasins. This man, 
I afterward learned, lived on his own farm of over two 
hundred acres, which was well stocked and well cultivated. 
The scout told me for the present to go as I was. If it 
became necessary for me to change my clothes or to walk, 
I could do so when we got farther on. 

"We had gone several miles along a horse path through 
the woods when we met a number of men fleeing for dear 
life from Wise's light horse, who had driven in their guards 
and were ravaging the countn,-. While we were talking 
with them, a messenger came up in hot haste from behind 
the way we came. He, I afterward learned, was the 
wealthiest man in the country, the owner of a thousand 
acres of land, much of it in good cultivation and well 
stocked, though he was dressed on this occasion only in a 
coarse linen shirt and linsey woolsey trousers. He had a 
message from Captain Paxton to the effect that for my own 
sake, I must return. Back. then, but reluctantly enough, 
I rode. Captain Paxton met me on the road and told me 
that it was absolutely too dangerous for me to proceed; 
that since I left he had received such intelligence that made 
it nearly certain that if 1 went on I would be captured or 
killed. Of course there was nothing to do but to remain. 
I told him I would remain there until the next morning — 
it was then 3 — and if no way opened by that time. I would 
return. Half an hour later a man came riding in with the 
news that 500 of Federal forces had marched down from 



56 SEVKNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INEANTRY 

Ripley the day before, and had taken Sissonville, now 
held it, and that the road was clear. The rejoicing was 
immense. Men who had been driven away from their 
homes in that direction seemed to rise out of the ground 
until there were about a hundred of them, most of them 
armed with rifles, and eager to be off toward home. As 
soon as I could saddle my horse, we started, three other 
horsemen and myself heading the procession, and such a 
procession of seemingly half-drunk ragamuffins you never 
saw. The distance was 23 miles across the mountains, by 
the blindest, roughest, rockiest, darkest, deepest and highest 
of horse paths I ever traveled or saw, I think. I cannot 
recall anything amongst the Alps or White Mountains ex- 
celling them. Now we were in the heights, and now in the 
depths, winding along the sides and over the tops of the 
mountains, and from one mountain to another. 

"Just at dark, when we had traveled thus, dropping one 
and another along the way until we numbered only about 
thirty — 15 miles, a scout called to us suddenly from out of 
the woods to halt; and gave us the astounding news — the 
men themselves, with profane expletives which I will not 
give, called it 'bad egg' news — that over 500 men had been 
driven out of Sissonville by 1,000 of Wise's men and had 
retreated toward Ripley, leaving the whole country at the 
mercy of the rebels. This zvas a 'bad egg,' and we were 
in a fair way to have it served up to us. We called a halt, 
and concluded to stop for the night at a good Union house 
near by. And stop we did, the whole of us. Such eating ! 
Such sleeping! These western Virginians eat and sleep 
like pigs. In the room in which I was were three beds, 
besides all the loose household furniture of the family. 
The room was about 8 feet by 12 in size, one bed across 
each end and one between them against the wall. In one 
bed one of the men and I were put. In that at the other 
end, the old man and his wife slept, and in the bed between 
the two grown daughters and a little girl slept so near that 
I could have laid my hands on them. Shortly after I laid 
down, the fleas and bed bugs made such a ferocious attack 



GOING TO GLKNVIIvLK AND SUMM^RVIIvIyH 57 

Upon me that I turned crow and surrendered; lying down 
on the lloor of the next room, with many others, and where 
I slept at least in i)eace. The next day such was the alarm 
and excitement that I could not get off before ii o'clock, 
when two mounted scouts took me in charge, and by fol- 
lowing a blind path almost north for 15 miles until we 
were only 11 miles south of Ripley, brought me into the 
pike, clear of Wise's horsemen. There, by some finesse, I 
got a fresh scout, who started with me after supper for a 
night ride of 30 miles through the woods to this place. 
We came through safely, losing our way only two or three 
times, lying down in the woods once for a three-hour sleep, 
and reaching here just at sunup. 

"So my ride ended, leaving me neither sore nor fatigued. 
I think i can safely say that I have forded a hundred 
streams and crossed or ridden around two hundred fallen 
trees, and all without injury, scarce a small scratch on the 
face. The horse I rode was taken from a secessionist at 
Weston and rather easy to ride. I brought him in as fresh 
as when I started and without a scratch. The whole dis- 
tance was 120 miles, from noon Thursday till Sunday morn- 
ing. I think there are preparations going on here for a 
fight of some sort to-day or to-morrow. I am writing this 
at the table of Colonel Whittlesey, of Cleveland, who is en- 
gineering for General Cox. 

"General Cox's headquarters are on a steamboat at the 
landing — a stern wheeler and very dirty. My old friends, 
the mosquitoes, are annoying me to-night. 

"F. T. B." 

While at Glenville some difficulty was experienced in 
provisiotn'ng the forces there, when fresh beef and the prod- 
uct of a flouring mill were resorted to until they were bet- 
ter supplied. 

On July 23, 1861, Companies A and D at Weston, and 
the rest of the regiment at Glenville, marched away, reach- 
ing Bulltown the next evening, when all were again re- 
united. At this point other troops had concentrated, the 



58 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

entire force numbering some 1,500 men, commanded by 
Colonel Tyler. 

On the 25th the command moved to Salt Lick Bridge, 
where "Camp Casement" was established in honor of our 
worthy major, John S. Casement. 

The next day a citizen, who was reported to have threat- 
ened the life of Colonel Tyler, was halted near an outpost, 
and attempting to escape, was shot. This alarmed the 
camp, the long roll was beaten, and the entire force fell in 
under some excitement, anticipating an attack, until the 
facts became known, when all returned to camp. Here also 
occurred the only serious accident of the war in Company 
D, when Charles H. Johnson was shot by the accidental 
discharge of a revolver, in the hands of a comrade, and died 
at Sutton on August 20, 1861. 

On July 27 the command moved to Flatwood, where a 
small force of the enemy had been encamped, and the next 
day reached Sutton, the county-seat of Braxton County. 

The weather was very warm, many of the men suffering 
greatly from overheat, and while the Seventh was getting 
into position on Sutton Heights, Sergeant Theodore Le- 
Comte, of Company A, suddenly expired. His death was 
deeply deplored. Here at Sutton the Seventh took its first 
lessons in building earthworks and for the first time saw a 
battery at target practice. 

However, our stop at Sutton was brief, as we left there 
on August 22, on a very hot day, and only marched 6 miles 
to Little Birch River. 

The next day we crossed Little Birch Mountain to Big 
Birch River, where Chaplain Brown rejoined the regiment 
via Gauley Bridge, where Gen. J. D. Cox was in command. 
On August 5 a part of the 23d Ohio Infantry came up. 
The next day we crossed Powell Mountain and on the 7th 
reached Summerville. Because of the excellent water privi- 
leges there. West Virginia was an ideal country to cam- 
paign in, while the scenery from lofty elevations was en- 
chanting. On August 10 our supply train went to Gauley 
Bridge, our new base of supplies. 



GOING TO GLKNVII.LK AND SUMMERVILLE 59 

While at Sumnierville, Capt. John W. Spraguc. of Com- 
pany E, started home on leave via Sutton, but on August 1 1 
was captured at Big Birch River (two of the party of five 
having been killed by cavalry under Lieut.-Col. St. George 
Croghan of the Secontl Georgia Cavalry, scouting in our 
rear). By reason of his promotion to the colonelcy of the 
Sixty-third Regiment of Ohio Infantry, when exchanged, 
Captain Sprague was not again on duty with the Seventh. 
He was, however, promoted to brigadier-general on July 
30, 1864. 

Colonel Tyler learned of the capture of Captain Sprague 
and others on the 12th. and at once sent Company E under 
command of Captain Dyer, and Captain Baggs with his 
famous scouts, "The Snake Hunters," in pursuit, but with- 
out success. On August 15, 1861, General Wise of the C. 
S. A. said. "Colonel Croghan of my cavalry penetrated to 
Birch Mountain and captured this mail : killed two and cap- 
tured three — a captain, a corporal and a private." which un- 
doubtedly referred to Captain Sprague. the mail carrier and 
their escort. 

In a letter to General Rosecrans. from Colonel Tyler at 
Sumnierville. the latter signed himself "E. B. Tyler. Sev- 
enth Ohio Vols.. U. S. Army. Commanding Column." 

This "column" was operating upon the enemy's flank 
with a view to forcing him from the Big Kanawha Valley. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

CROSS i.ane;s. 

On August 15, 1 86 1, the forces operating under Colonel 
Tyler marched to Cross Lanes, where the Summerville and 
Gauley Bridge road intersected with one from Carnifax 
Ferry on Gauley River, two and a half miles away. Col- 
onel Tyler was instructed to picket and guard the crossings 
of Gauley River in that section; keep informed as to the 
force and position of the enemy, and if driven away was to 
fall back to Twenty Mile Creek and then to Hughes Creek, 
while at the same time General Cox was given discretionary 
authority to order Colonel Tyler to his support should he 
deem it necessary. 

The next day Capt. John F. Schutte, of Company K, 
with his company, was placed on duty at Carnifax Ferry, 
and on the 17th the troops under Colonel Tyler, at Cross 
Lanes, excepting his own regiment, were ordered away by 
General Rosecrans, then commanding that military district, 
with his headquarters at Clarksburg, many miles to the 
rear. 

The Seventh was thus left as the extreme advance of the 
army in that section. However, all went well until August 
20, when Captain Schutte, with a sergeant, two corporals, 
and sixteen men crossed Gauley River in search of the 
enemy and found him. 

The following interesting account of this affair is from 
the pen of Capt. Edward H. Bohm, now deceased, then the 
sergeant with the scouting party : 

"my capture and ThD next few days. 

"Company K of the Seventh had been sent to guard 
Carnifax Ferry on the upper Gauley River, W. Va., not far 
from Cross Lanes on the i6th, and on the forenoon of the 
20th an order came from regimental headquarters to have 



CROSS LANKS 6l 

Capt. John K. Scluitte send out a reconnaissance to locate 
the enemy if possible. The Captain selected me to com- 
mand that little force, numbering::, myself included, 19 men. 
W'e crossed the river on an old ferry-boat found at the 
ferry, meandered slowly up the opposite hill, past a little, 
old-fashioned country flour-mill, and proceeded alont( a 
country road some distance until we reached the so-called 
'Sunday' road, following that until its intersection with the 
so-called 'Saturday' road, along which Corporal Schinkel 
with five men was ordered to proceed. 

"Captain Schutte had accompanied the expedition, — sup- 
posedly out of curiosity or impelled with the desire to 'get 
next' the enemy as soon as possible, in an unofficial capac- 
ity, — dressed in citizen's garb; viz.. a black sack coat, black 
and white checked trousers tucked in his boots, and a black 
liat. 

"Not very long after crossing the Saturday road we dis- 
covered some 'secesh' cavalry who on seeing us scampered 
off at a gallop, and we thirteen geese or goslings, with our 
captain, galloped after them. Coming out of the woods 
we struck a well-cultivated little valley; on the right of the 
road a house built of hewn logs, the inhabitants of which 
we advised to seek shelter in a culvert under the road right 
in front of their home, 'as we anticipated some shooting.' 
Proceeding a short distance up the hill, on the opposite side 
of the valley, we were at once surprised, shocked and scared 
(no use denying that fact) by a shot out of a mass of 
bushes and foliage fringing a fence on top of the hill ahead 
of us. 

"A moment later a perfect cloud of white smoke envel- 
oped that fringe of bushes, the sound of more than one 
hundred exploding shooting-irons struck our ears, and a 
million of bees seemed to swarm above and a1:K^ut our de- 
voted heads. No mistake now, we had found and heard 
from the enemy in a number very, very much larger than 
our own. Little Corporal 'Hanky' Straehle and myself 
pulled our muskets to our faces and 'bang' went both. We 
had at least not surrendered, nor fled without firing a shot. 



62 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

But 'Right about, double quick !' was the order now. More 
guns in our rear exploded, bees sang and hummed, and we 
could now distinguish the roar of the smooth-bores, also the 
sharp, cutting sound of rifles. I was running alongside of 
Captain Schutte in the middle of the road, bullets zipping 
all around and about us. My canteen fell, its string cut by 
a bullet ; my cap fell off my head a little ahead of me, with 
a bullet through it. Poor old Private Charles Rich, to the 
right, a little ahead of me, dropped with a yell of pain and 
crawled into a fence corner. All at once Captain Schutte 
groaned, 'I am shot.' Stopping a moment, I saw a bullet 
hole back and front. I took the Captain's arm to steady 
him, and yelled to the boys, 'Get into the house!' meaning 
the house we had' passed a few minutes before. We all got 
into it ; I cannot tell how. I at once told the boys to bar- 
ricade the doors and windows with such furniture and husk- 
mattresses we could find. While they did this I looked for 
the Captain's wound, and found that a rifle ball had struck 
him to the right of the spine and came to the left a little be- 
low the navel — an absolutely deadly wound. During all 
this time Captain Schutte had begged, prayed, and com- 
manded all of us to leave him to his fate, as he was a 
doomed man. Most of them went through the back door, 
then throwing themselves on the ground crawled to the 
nearby corn-field in the rear and through that made off in 
the woods. I told the Captain that I would stay by and see 
him through to the end ; but in this case I could not make a 
defense but would have to surrender with him. I then be- 
gan to remove obstructions from the door and windows, 
and when I turned the Captain was gone. Just then the 
rebel cavalry approached the house cautiously. I told them 
that only myself and a mortally wounded man were in the 
house, they might approach safely. Then they came with 
a rush, with shotguns ready to raise and pistols drawn. A 
private shoved his pistol so hard against my forehead as to 
leave a red mark which stayed several days. An officer 
beat down the pistol and inquired of me where and who the 
wounded man was. I told him he was my Captain; but 



CROSS LANES 63 

I could not tell him where he had i^one to in the last five 
minutes. Traces of blood pointed the way to an attic — and 
there Captain Schutte was dying upon a pile of corn-husks. 
After a long--windcd incjuiry the commanding officer or- 
dered Private Rich brought to the house and sent two men 
oflf to procure a buggy from some farmer three or four 
miles off. to carry Captain Schutte and Private Rich. Just 
then some 'rcb' came in the rear with Private Henry Weis- 
senbach, whom I had believed to have escaped safely. All 
that he could say in explanation was. 'If yon can stay with 
the Captain I can stay with you.' Finally the buggy came, 
and the Captain and Rich were placed on the seat with a reb 
to drive the horse. Myself and Weissenbach had our elbows 
tied at our backs with ropes long enough to lead up to the 
pommel of the 'cavalier' riding each side of each of us. 
Then off we went, most of the time at a trot, sometimes, to 
give us a breathing spell, at a walk. Finally, it must have 
been 6.30 r. m., we struck tlie Great Virginia pike near a 
tavern, where the two w-ounded men were taken. I did not 
even have a chance, for all I had risked, to say good-by to 
Schutte. Pretty soon a little old brigadier-general ap- 
proached me and my companion and tried to pump us, but 
got so little satisfaction that after a somewhat disgusted ex- 
pression of mine he threatened to have me hung on the 
spreading limb of a large, fine oak that stood at one side of 
the tavern. 

"The upshot of the matter was an order from Brig.-Gen. 
Henry A. Wise, C. S. A. (which in fact he w^as, as my rebel 
escort told me) to carry us back to General Floyd's camp — 
wherever that might be — an<l the s[>ecial injunction to 'take 
good care of the d — d Dutch rascal,' which meant me. 

"Well, we took up our line of march, and it must have 
been fully 9 p. m., if not more, when we reached our desti- 
nation. General P'loyd not being in camp we were taken 
to headcjuarters and a staff officer roused. .\s he stepped 
out of the tent in partial dishabille in the bright light of the 
moon. I was pleasantly surprised to see a tall, handsome, 
blond-haired and bearded, blue-eyed German. Quick as a 



64 SDVENTH regiment OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

flash it came to me that this must be the redoubtable Colonel 
Hennings of Walker-Nicaragua fame, of whom I had 
heard as being Floyd's chief-of-staff, and before any one 
had a chance to speak I addressed the officer in my choicest 
German and as Colonel Hennings, His blank astonishment 
proved that I had called the correct term. He answered me 
in my own vernacular and very politely. Result : removal 
of the ropes that bound us and a request to one of the ser- 
geants of the guard of his own command to provide for 
us as comfortable as he could. A deep layer of weeds in 
a fence corner and a blanket for each was a heaven to both 
of us. To cite the old saw, 'Sleep, heavenly sleep, tired na- 
ture's sweet restorer,' soon wiped all recollections of this 
afternoon's strenuous experiences from our minds. 

"And we slept! oh, how sweet and deep! until the mel- 
low sounds of reveille blown on a key bugle by a master 
waked us to a most beautiful morning, a bright sun just 
peeping over the hills where the road cut the woods. A 
horse-bucket full of water and a couple of rags enabled us 
to wash off the dust and grime of yesterday. The sergeant 
of night before brought us a platter of corn-dodger and 
sow-belly, with some rye coffee. There were plenty when 
we began, but we licked the platter clean. It was a very 
kindly act upon the part of the sergeant to offer me his pipe, 
and climbing the top rail of our fence corner I sat there 
hunched up farmer-fashion, feet on the lower rail, and I 
must confess that I felt physically as good and jolly as a 
prisoner of war possibly could be expected to feel. Pres- 
ently a cloud of dust appeared upon the road in the direction 
whence we had come. When it approached us I made out 
a colonel of C. S. cavalry and probably ten or twelve men 
in uniform of our captors of the day before and a number 
of led-horses. The cavalcade passed by us and halted on 
the road opposite headquarters. I saw Colonel Hennings 
go out to the road, greeting the cavalry colonel very 
friendly, and shake hands. Their conversation lasted 
probably ten or fifteen minutes, when an orderly asked me 
and my companion to step out into the road and go up 



CROSS I.ANICS 65 

toward tlie Colonel. This officer was almost an exact 
double of Colonel llennings, and just as pleasant and polite. 
A few questions and a few answers caused a couple of 
horses to be brought forward out of the train, and we 
mounted. 1. to show my horsemanship, and disdaining 
stirrups, vaulted into the saddle, which brought the remark 
from the Colonel, 'Ain't you really a cavalryman instead of 
an infantry sergeant?' I only smiled a tickled smile, think- 
in"-, 'This ice is broken.' After about a half hour's ride 
the Colonel waved me to his side, which I approached from 
the left and remained about two feet on his left rear. This 
brought forth another approving smile from him. I was 
then asked my name, company, regiment, nativity, and 
country, and then the Colonel said, 'My name is Croghan. 
of the First Virginia Cavalry.' I had never forgotten my 
I'nited States history and therefore plumped at him the 
(|uestion. 'Is it possible. Colonel, that you are a relative or 
even a descendant of that gallant young Kentucky officer. 
Major Croghan. who in September. 1813. so valiantly de- 
fended Fort Croghan on the Sandusky River, in my home 
State?' I lack words to describe the expression of pleasure 
and pride that flitted over Colonel Croghan's features on my 
establisliing so quickly his glorious descent. I saw that 
henceforth I was persona grata with him. While almost 
every word of the conversation thenceforth is indeli- 
bly stamped on my memory, it is too long to reproduce here. 

"About 9 A. M. we were the Colonel's guests at a late 

breakfast he had ordered at a farmhouse. After that a 

teady tramp till alx)ut i p. m.. when we reached the tavern 

at Meadow RhifTs at which were the headquarters of the 

b'irsl Virginia Cavalry. 

"A wash, a snooze, ([uiet and undisturbed in the saddle- 
room — then a good old-fashioned Virginia dinner and a 
little nigger back of each chair to wave off the flies with 
asparagus shoots. About 7 p. m. we started under heavy 
escort on the beautiful pike under a beautiful moon toward 
Lewisburg, reaching there about 1 1 p. m. to find a room in 

5 



66 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

the hotel, in the rear and under the stairs, all ready with 
mattresses and blankets to be our sleeping quarters. I must 
not forget to state that during the afternoon two more pris- 
oners of war from the Eleventh O. V. I. had been brought 
in, who with our guards enjoyed these accommodations. 

"Breakfast bell sounded sweet and we would have been 
ready and willing to charge either front or flank of a good 
breakfast; but Colonel Croghan told us to wait for the 
second table, so as to not be exposed to the idle curiosity and 
possibly offensive conduct of a lot of 'stay at homes.' So 
the Colonel and we four 'Yankees' and the escort waited — 
not to our sorrow. 

"The forenoon passed rapidly in our backstairs room, 
helped along by a couple of bottles of wine, a box of cigars, 
and several decks of cards left with us by our host the Col- 
onel. Dinner again at the second table and then we 
were conducted through the gate in the rear fence into an 
alley, here the bulk of the escort and all the horses awaited 
us. I took notice that the Colonel mounted a different 
horse — a big, powerful gray ; while to me was assigned the 
same beautiful little black mare I had ridden so far, but this 
time fully shod. A ride through alleys only brought us 
again to the beautiful pike and outside of the city. A short 
distance away the Colonel told me that he had the horse he 
was then bestriding offered to him to buy and he wanted to 
give her a try out alongside his own little mare that I rode. 
He dismounted, unbuckled his left spur and caused me to 
buckle it on, advising me how little and how much to use 
it. On our approaching a straight stretch of road, appar- 
ently one mile long, he gave the word 'go,' and away we 
went like shot out of a gun. This was repeated once more 
before we came near to White Sulphur Springs, our destina- 
tion — when reaching another straight stretch of road, 'go' 
was again the word, and before either one of us was well 
aware of it we were within 60 to 80 feet of a five-bar gate in 
the fence that enclosed all the White Sulphur Springs estate. 
A short question, 'Can you take it ?' a nod and a 'yes' from 
me and at it and over it we went as leaves blown on the 



CROSS LANES 67 

wiiul. Our horses' hoofs had scarcely touched the road 
inside of the enclosure, when a terrific yell, like an Indian 
warwhoop. burst from the Colonel's throat, seconded a 
second later by a like blast from my own, and up the road 
we went side by side, whooping and laugliing, like a couple 
of striplings riding on a pasture lot. It took some effort 
to slacken our pace to a final stop in front of a big crowd of 
rebel officers and soldiers gathered in front of a building, 
the guard quarters of the post. 

"Apparently the Colonel was well and favorably known 
to all that crowd, who sought to outdo one another in greet- 
ing and questioning him. and when he finally said, 'I've 
brought you the first Yanks,' and pointing to me; 'this is 
one of them,' there was not a soul who would believe him 
until their persistent questioning brought affirmation from 
me and conviction to them. The arrival some fifteen 
minutes later of the escort and three more 'Yanks' set all 
doubts at rest. 

"The Colonel's friendship for me not only proved invalu- 
able in making my prison life at the Springs as pleasant as 
could be — all but the lack of liberty — but went so far as to 
result in two efforts on his part with Gen. R. E. Lee, their 
commander-in-chief in West Virginia, to have me and my 
companions released on parole, and upon his bringing word 
of his final failure and the order for us to be sent to Rich- 
mond, he tried to force on me five $5 gold pieces, saying, 
'From all reports I hear the place you are going to is a hell. 
This little from a friend might prove very helpful to you.' 
Useless to say I could not and did not accept this last gift 
of friendship. When later, and while in Salisbury Prison, 
in March, 1862. I learned the fact that this brave, kindly, 
generous soul of a man had suffered the fate of war — 
death — by bullets, one will readily understand that I could 
only pray for his soul and weep for his fate. God bless 
him to-day as in eternity! He was the finest man I ever 
knew in a long sixty-nine years." 

The enemy under Generals Floyd and Wise having been 
driven out of the Big Kanawha Valley, General Floyd ar- 



68 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

ranged to cross Gauley River at Carnifax Ferry, intending 
to move on Summerville and beyond, with a view of forcing 
General Cox to retire from Gauley Bridge and perhaps from 
the entire Kanawha Valley as well. To this end he moved 
as if to cross Gauley River near the mouth of Twenty Mile 
Creek, some six miles from Gauley Bridge, where General 
Cox was posted. This feint had the desired effect, and 
General Cox ordered Colonel Tyler to hasten to his relief. 
When this order was received about 9 p. m. on the 20th, the 
long roll was beaten, and before 11 p. m. the Seventh was 
off on an all-night march to meet the supposed emergency, 
arriving at its destination in the early morning of the 21st. 
This movement uncovered Carnifax Ferry, and General 
Floyd crossing at that point on the 22nd, took up a strong 
position on the blufifs above the right bank of Gauley River. 
On this date General Cox said in a message to General 
Rosecrans : "Colonel Tyler's Regiment marched sixteen 
miles this way on the 20th to be at the point to command 
the Rich Creek and Twenty Mile Creek roads when the 
advance of Floyd was first known. He will immediately 
return to Cross Lanes. That point commands the different 
roads better than the village of Summerville and is much 
easier held." 

LETTER EROM chaplain EREDERICK T. BROWN. 

"In camp at mouth of 20 mile creek, 

"6 miles above Gauley Bridge, 

"August 23, 1 86 1. 

"We came down here in obedience to an order from Gen- 
eral Cox ; and came down rather hastily, leaving Cross 
Lanes on the 20th at 11 p. m. and arriving here at 6 a. m., 
distance 18 miles, as the order was to be here by that time. 
It was a severe forced march over the worst road that we 
had ever gone over in Virginia, and made doubly so because 
some of the men had been on duty all day. But they bore 
it heroically, and came in 'on time' vigorous and cheerful. 

"The reason for this march was, because of the rapid 



CROSS LANES 69 

concentration of the enemy under Floyd in the neighbor- 
hood of Gauley Bridge, it seemed to be necessary for our 
safety to effect a connection with General Cox, as also we 
might be in position to give efficient help where help was 
most needed. We expected a battle that morning. Floyd 
was said to be within eight miles on the New River Road 
with a force of from seven to ten thousand men and abun- 
dantly supplied with artillery, but there was no fight nor has 
there' been yet. We do not understand the position of 
things. If Floyd is not in force to the extent he is said to 
be, why is he here menacing us? If he is, why does he not 
attack us ? One thing is certain, that if he intends attack- 
ing us, every day, every hour diminishes his chance of suc- 
ces.^. 

"The day we left Cross Lanes, Captain Schutte of Com- 
pany K (Captain Wiseman's old company) was out scout- 
ing on the Saturday road leading from the Gauley River 
over to the New River pike, with 19 men, and was sur- 
prised by the Richmond Blues, who killed Privates John 
Reile and John Shissler, wounded and took prisoner the 
Captain himself, and Sergeant Bohm and privates Henry 
Taubel. Geo. Weissenback, and F. Bruckelman. Corporal 
Greble, Geo. Drusel, Louis Demil, and Andrew Alalchus 
were also wounded, but not severely, and made their escape. 
They are here in the hospital and doing well. Captain 
Schutte is said to be mortally wounded. This is a sad loss 
for Company K and the whole regiment. No means will 
be spared to avenge them. 

"After a long consultation yesterday between General 
Cox and Colonel Tyler it was concluded best that the Sev- 
enth return to Cross Lanes. We expect to move to-mor- 
row. If there is any fighting to be done we can come in 
the rear of the enemy by way of the Saturday road and do 
as good service that way doubtless as in any other. And 
besides it is important to hold the ferries over Gauley 
bridge in that neighborhood."* 

♦General Floyd had already crossed at Carnifax Ferry on August 22, 
but General Cox was not then aware of it. 



CHAPTER IX. 

REPORT OF THi; BATTI^E OF CROSS I^ANFS. 

"GauIvEy Bridge, Va., August 27, 1861. 
"To Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox. 

"Sir : On receipt of your order of the 24th instant I put 
my regiment on the march from the mouth of the Twenty 
Mile Creek to Cross Lanes, but on reaching Peter's Creek 
Ford five miles from Cross Lanes the information I re- 
ceived induced me to countermarch the column and train 
two miles, to forks of road, to prevent a surprise. Your 
dispatch of the 24th inst. 10 o'clock p. m. in answer to mine 
of the same date at 6 o'clock p. m. was received at i o'clock 
a. m. 

"On the morning of the 25th at 6 o'clock we moved on 
again with nine companies, leaving one company, with the 
Snake Hunters, to guard the train. 

"I spent the entire day moving the seven miles, reconnoi- 
tering with the utmost caution, reaching Cross Lanes at 5 
o'clock p. M., driving in the enemy's pickets. After a thor- 
ough reconnaisance, my whole force was put on duty for the 
night. 

"At 5 o'clock in the morning of the 26th, while at break- 
fast, we were attacked by a large force of the enemy and 
nearly the whole of our line was fired upon in less than five 
minutes after the first signal given from our pickets, much 
of the enemy's force being under cover of the woods and 
crests of surrounding hills. Our men were soon ready to 
receive them, and for about three-quarters of an hour held 
the enemy in check, at which time I ordered a retreat under 
cover of the woods. 

"Six of the companies were on one side of the road and 
three on the other. The ofiicers and men conducted them- 
selves, so far as I could observe, with the utmost coolness 



REPORT OF THK BATTLE OK CROSS LANES 7 I 

and bravery, contending with at least four times their num- 
ber of infantry, a considerable force of cavah^y, and three 
pieces of artillery. On the following- day I sent Chaplain 
Brown and Surgeon Gushing with a flag of truce, recjuest- 
ing the enemy to permit them to bury the dead and care for 
the woundetl. They were not allowed to go nearer than 
three miles of the field, but were informed by General Floyd 
that the dead were decently interred and the wounded 
properly cared for, giving our loss at 15 killed and from 30 
to 50 wounded.* It is with regret that I have to mention the 
loss of Captain Dyer among the killed. A more faithful 
officer or a truer patriot does not belong to the service. 

''Captain Shurtleff was made a prisoner in the act of 
leading off his men. 

"While I have to say that all did their duty well, I shall 
take occasion in a future report to mention specific acts of 
companies that were in the hottest of the fight. 

"All of which is respectfully submitted. 
"Your obedient servant, 

"E. B. TVLKR, 
"Col. Seventh Ohio Inf." 

opficlxl communications from general floyd, c. s. a. 

"Camp Gaulkv. Headquarters Army of the Kanawha, 

"August 24. 1 86 1. 
"Brig.-Gen. Henry A. Wise. 

"Sir: I have this evening received information that 500 
of the enemy are encamped within five miles of this place. 
Send me at once your strongest regiment. 

"John B. Floyd, 
"Brigadier-General C. S. A., 
"Commanding .Vrmy of the Kanawha." 

On August 25 General Floyd said to General Wise: 
*See Casualty List. p. 629. 



'J2 SKVKNTH RDGIMKNT OHIO VOI^UNTKllR INFANTRY 

"The enemy is very near us. Their advance guard is 
within three miles. Send me your strongest regiment. 
"P. S. — 3.30 p. M. 

"Enemy advancing in battle array. 

"John B. Floyd." 

"Camp Gauley at Carnifax Ferry, Va., 

"August 26, 1 86 1. 
"General Robert E. Lee. 

"Sir : I ascertained late yesterday evening that the com- 
mand of Tyler had taken position within three miles of me 
here, and I determined immediately to engage him. I ac- 
cordingly put my force in motion about 5 o'clock this morn- 
ing, met the enemy, completely routed them, and pursued 
them seven miles. My own loss was very inconsiderable — 
5 or 6 wounded and 3 killed. 

"The number of the enemy killed and wounded I have not 
been able to ascertain with certainty. Thirty-eight were 
captured. 

"Enemy dispersed for miles around. Scouting parties 
are in pursuit. 

"Tyler's command is said to be of their best troops. 
They were certainly brave men. 

"John B. Feoyd, 
"Brig.-Gen. Commanding Army of the Kanawha." 

From Cleveland Herald, September 3, 1861. 

"GaueEy Bridge, August 29, 1861. 

"Editor Heraed: I should have written you immedi- 
ately after the battle of Cross Lanes on the 26th, but that 
the results were so uncertain— and have continued to be to 
this time — that I knew I should only confuse and alarm the 
friends of those in the Seventh who were engaged in it, 
without giving them any real satisfaction. For the same 
reason I sent you no telegraphic dispatch. And even now, 
I cannot give you as full information as I wish I could. 

"In my last letter from the mouth of Twenty Mile Creek, 



REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF CROSS LANES 73 

I told you of our l)eing- ordered back there in consequence 
of a threatened attack on General Cox. But the enemy 
retired after a brisk skirmish in which their advance g-uard 
was severely repulsetl. and in a day or two we were ordered 
back again to Cross Lanes to guard the ferries in that neigh- 
borhood, and prevent the enemy crossing over Gauley River, 
in accordance with the general plan as arranged by General 
Rosecrans. We moved on Saturday, and by 4 o'clock p. 
M. were at Peters Creek within 5 miles of Cross Lanes, 
where we learned that General Floyd, with a large force, 
had alreadv crossed the river, and was in possession of our 
old camping ground at the Lanes. Believing it to be unsafe 
to move forward that evening, we retired 2 miles to a more 
protected place, and there remained for the night. In the 
morning — Sunday morning — a counsel of war was held, at 
which time it was determined to leave the baggage-train 
there in charge of one company, and advance with the re- 
mainder of the regiment, numbering in all about 750 men, 
against the enemy. As no company was willing to volun- 
teer to remain behind, and as the Colonel did not like to 
make the selection himself where all were anxious to go, 
lots were cast. The lot fell on Company F, Captain Clay- 
ton's, commanded by Lieutenant Kimball. 

"About 9 o'clock, the other nine companies, and a com- 
pany of Independent Virginians, Captain Bagg, called 
Snake Hunters, began the march. We moved slowly and 
cautiously, sending out scouts and waiting for their reports. 
At Peters Creek the road to Summerville divides, the north- 
em branch running direct, the southern leading southward, 
and being 2 miles longer in consequence. Half way along 
them, and where they are separated some 5 miles they are 
crossed by the road leading up from Carnifax Ferry. The 
crossing of the southern branch is called Cross Lanes: 
Thither we were bmuid. One company, however, was sent 
to reconnoitcr up the northern branch, five were left at the 
ford, and three were ordered forward up the southern 
branch to make a forced reconnaissance. With these three 
companies, under command of Lieut. -Col. Creighton. Col- 



74 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INFANTRY 

onel Tyler also accompanying part of the way, I went. No 
opposition was met with, and no enemy seen, until we 
arrived at Cross Lanes, where were 40 of the enemy's cav- 
alry, whom Captain Crane attacked and dispersed like a 
flock of sheep. Floyd himself, with the body of his forces, 
was encamped two miles and a half down the cross-road 
leading to the ferry. Immediately word was sent back and 
our whole force was moved up to the Lanes, leaving the 
Snake Hunters in charge of the ford and watching the north 
road. 

"It was now dark, and we encamped for the night. But 
as we had no tents nor blankets with us, and were not 
allowed fires to cook food or warm ourselves, our company 
was disagreeable enough. For myself, I slept with many 
others on a bundle of hay in the middle of the road. We 
were not all together, but dispersed, all the companies being 
on picket guard. Company A, Captain Crane, on the road 
out toward Summerville, but near the crossing; Company 
C, Captain Shurtleff, at the crossing ; Company K, Lieuten- 
ant Nitchelm, some distance down the road toward the 
enemy; and Companies B, D, E, G, H and I, commanded 
by Captains Jas. Sterling, Dyer, Lieutenants Wilcox, Rob- 
inson, Captains Asper and Wm. Sterling, in the order 
named, along the road we had come, and on side roads lead- 
ing into it within a short distance. The orders were in 
case of an attack, for Companies A, C and K to fall back 
on the others, and contest the road to the ford, along which, 
if compelled to give way, we must retreat toward Gauley 
Bridge. 

"All these arrangements made, except those in each com- 
pany actually on guard, we lay down and tried to sleep. 
Colonel Tyler and Adjutant DeForest had their quarters in 
a little church on the road to the ford, in the midst of the 
companies in charge of it, about 200 yards from the cross- 
ing. Lieut.-Col. Creighton, Major Casement, Sergt.-Maj. 
King. Dr. Salter and I were at the crossing with Company 
C. Those of us who had horses kept them saddled all night 
and at hand. The night passed away without any alarm, 



REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF CROSS LANES 75 

and the morning broke cold and misty. As soon as pos- 
si\)le. fires were kindled. I am told that toward midnight 
many fires were kindled in the different companies by the 
men who were snffering from tiie cold, and were kept bnrn- 
ing brightly all night ; but excepting one fire at the cross- 
ing, where it was thought a fire would do no harm, being 
at the center and distant from the pickets, I saw none; none 
were burning when I went to sleep — and I know that Colo- 
nel Tyler ordered that there should be none — and the men 
busied themselves roasting green corn gathered from the 
fields about for breakfast. While thus engaged at some of 
the fires, some eating, the pickets down the road toward the 
ferry commenced firing. Instantly the word was given to 
'fall in.' In one minute the companies were in line and 
ready to march. Colonel Tyler took command of the men 
on the road to the ford. Lieut.-Col. Creighton, assisted by 
Major Casement and Sergt.-Maj. King, of Companies A, C. 
and K. These last were started down the road to the ferry 
to meet the enemy; the others were formed in line along 
the road to the ford. I accompanied Major Casement. 
But before we advanced one-fourth of a mile, we saw the 
enemy deploying out of the woods into the field on our left. 
and already in advance of our front. They were quite near, 
and the firing began rapid and severe. 

"Almost with the discharge of the first gun at us. the 
firing commenced on our extreme right and behind us. 
where Colonel Tyler was. Meanwhile, the enemy were 
pouring out from the woods, and outflanking us on the left. 
We saw we were surrounded, or nearly so, and by a force 
greatly superior to our own. Leaving Company K to hold 
the enemy in check as far as possible, Major Casement or- 
dered Companies A and C into the fields on the right to 
make a stand on some hills, and rode back to bring up rein- 
forcements to oppose the enemy now llanking us on the left. 
Having no command of my own, I kept close along by him. 
The cross firing and the whistle of the Minie bullets about 
us and over us was not the most pleasant music I have 
heard, and our horses evidentlv thought the same, for they 



yd se;venth regimknt ohio voi^unti:e;r ini^antry 

were nearly frantic and unmanageable with fright. It w^s 
impossible to get reinforcements. In fact, the men under 
Colonel Tyler could not maintain their own positions, but 
were falling back, and brave men though they were, needed 
urgent commands to keep them from a disastrous panic. 
With a word here and there, we galloped along the lines. 
But the battle was evidently against us. Company K was 
driven in. The enemy was closing on A and C and pour- 
ing deadly volleys into them. They fought desperately and 
bravely, but the odds were too heavy. Against Captain 
Crane's and Shurtleff's companies on a little hill the heaviest 
fire seemed to be directed. We trembled for them, knowing 
how heroically they would fight, and fearing they would be 
annihilated. Still on and on in increasing numbers and 
cheering as they came, the enemy pressed, and our brave 
fellows silently retired before them. Company K was dis- 
persed. Companies A and C were driven into the woods, 
and the other companies under Colonel Tyler had given 
away from the road and church into a field and wood on the 
other side. Just then Captain Dyer was struck by a bullet 
in the breast and killed. And still on in front and on the 
right and left the enemy was pressing. We were driven 
from all our positions and were nearly surrounded. Our 
destruction, or the capture of the entire regiment seemed 
inevitable. I have seen much of Major Casement, and seen 
him in many moods, but I never saw such an expression as 
his face then wore — pale, fierce, determmed, but cool and 
self-collected. I felt I could follow him anywhere, and 
follow him I did. We rode down toward the head of the 
advancing column of the enemy on the right, calling to 
some of the companies of our men to follow us. But they 
did not move. Colonel Tyler tells me he ordered them to 
remain there. Perhaps it is better they did not follow us. 
No good could have come of it. 

"J^ist then my mare plunged into a wet ditch covered with 
grass from sight, fell, and then threw me, escaping from 
me. The Major caught her for me, and we started to some 
of our men farther up on the extreme left. To do this it 



REPORT 01* Tin: I5ATTLK Ol' CROSS LANKS y"] 

was necessary to pass through sonic corn-ficUls, atul a i)iccc 
of woods in which was a deep, rocky gorge, filled with 
fallen logs and brush. Crossing this gorge we got separ- 
ated, and I saw the Major no more. When I emerged from 
the woods, the battle seemed to be over. None of our men 
was visible save Colonel Tyler, sitting on his horse close 
to the point of a hill overlooking the battlefield, indeed in 
it. I rode up to him along the border of another piece of 
woods. In it were a number of our men standing in order 
to repel an attack, who called to me as I rode along to come 
in and save myself. I continued on, however, feeling that 
the chances of doing that were small, and the time for try- 
ing it had not yet come. The coldest heart would have been 
touched for Colonel Tyler in that hour. His proud and pet 
regiment seemed to be annihilated ; all who had come on the 
field with him killed, wounded, or captured. He turned to 
me as I rode up and quietly said. 'All is lost. Is there no 
way by which we can escape?' I told him that I thought 
there was, and w^e rode off together. Presently Colonel 
Creighton joined us. And we three slowdy and most re- 
luctantly entered the woods, I, liaving more knowledge 
than either of them of that part of the country, acting as 
guide. On our way we were joined by one fugitive after 
another, including Dr. Salter and John and Charlie, the 
Major's and Colonel's black servants, till we numbered fifty 
or sixty persons. We threaded our way through the woods 
and across fields and came out at length on the road a mile 
and a half below Cross Lanes toward the ford. We ex- 
pected at every turn to be cut off. but were not. \Vhcn 
once sure that we were safe. Colonel Creighton and I rode 
rapidly forward to camp and started our baggage-train, and 
not a moment too soon, as we afterward learned. Colonel 
Tyler and those with him came along more slowly and 
barely reached the camp, when the enemy's cavalry rode up 
in hot pursuit, the Captain of it taking deliberate aim at the 
Colonel, but missed him by a few inches. Finding the pri/.e 
gone, and fearing an ambuscade, they returned, cursing the 
'damned Yankees' as they rode off. 



78 seve;nth regiment ohio volunteer ineantry 

"There we were with our baggage-train, one company of 
men and fifty fugitives, all that seemed to be left of the 
Seventh Regiment. Our return to Gauley Bridge was any- 
thing but a triumph. But just after dark, Captain Crane 
and Lieutenant Burgess came in bringing Avith them sixty 
of their men and a secession flag Company A had captured. 
This was the first ray of hope. In the morning Dr. Cush- 
ing and I went back with a flag of truce to look after our 
dead and wounded, and though we were not permitted to go 
nearer than within 3 miles of Cross Lanes, we were treated 
very courteously, and were told that our dead, which 
amounted to but 15, were decently buried, and over 30 
wounded were receiving kind medical treatment. How 
many prisoners they had we were not told, and did not ask, 
for fear they, learning from our ignorance of the missing, 
might go in pursuit of them. We inferred, however, that 
the number was small. Who our dead were, we do not yet 
know, save Captain Dyer, nor who their prisoners, save 
Captain Shurtleff. Since then the missing have been com- 
ing in one by one, and in little squads, till now there are 
nearly 200. And yesterday evening General Cox received 
a message from Major Casement from Charleston that he 
zuas there with over 400. How he got there, who they are, 
who are with him, and the events of the journey we do not 
know. We believe, however, that Captains James and 
Wm. Sterling and Asper are safe. 

"The footing up seems about this: Killed, 15 ; wounded, 
30, half of them severely; prisoners, 75 or 100; missing, 
very few. These results are most surprising to all of us. 
Two days ago we thought, and with good reason, that the 
Seventh was nearly annihilated. Now we know that it is 
nearly as strong as it ever was. How so many escaped, 
surrounded as we were by a force three times our own, com- 
posed of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, we cannot conceive. 

"Of course in this account of the battle, I am compelled to 
speak chiefly of what I saw with my own eyes. Others can 
and will speak of what they saw, or was done. 

"When I learn more of the details of the fight, and the 



RKPORT 01' TIIK RATTLK OF CROSS LANES 79 

names of the killed and wonndcd. yon shall hear from mc 
aj^ain. General Cox's pickets and those of the enemy are 
sicirmishing- daily, making- it extremely difficult to obtain 
in formation from within their lines. 

"With my heartiest sympathies for those who have been 
bereaved or afllicted by this fight, and gratitude to God for 
my own escape and the escape of so many others, and love 
to' all, 

"I am, as ever, yours truly, 

"Frederick T. Brown." 



8o SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 



The map of the battlefield of Cross Lanes was drawn by 
Lieut. T. T. Sweeney. 

The following explanation will assist in reading the map : 

F. R. — Ferry road on which the firing first commenced, 
and on which Companies A, C, and K rallied, eventually 
taking position on hill L 

M. H. — Meeting-House — Colonel Tyler's headquarters, 
and pathway nearly opposite on which and in the woods 5 
the firing next commenced on our extreme left. 

2 — Our former camp-ground and hill on which the enemy 
next appeared in overwhelming force at "A," formed in line 
of battle at "b," and subsequently worked their way around 
to "c." 

3 — Hill on which the companies in the road attempted to 
rally, but were driven off to the woods 4 by the rebel artil- 
lery, which had come up the Ferry road (F. R.) and 
formed at the crossing of the roads. 

4 — Woods through which Chaplain Brown, Colonel Ty- 
ler, and Lieut.-Col. Creighton escaped, and where Majov 
Casement collected the scattered forces, and carried them in 
safety across the country. 

6 — Rebel company which Company A cut to pieces, tak- 
ing their standard bearer prisoner and capturing his flag. 

_ The position of the different companies in the roads pre- 
vious to the fight are marked by the company letters A, B. 
C, etc. Their positions after retiring and rallying are 
shown by the letters and figures A i, B i, C i, etc. 



THE FIGHT AT CROSS LANES. 







X X Rebel Cavalry 

-.-- " Infantry 
+•— +• ' ' Artillery 



BATTLEFIKI.n OF CROSS LANES. VA. 
August 2fjth, 1S61 



REPORT or TUK r.ATTLK OI" CROSS LANES 8l 

COMPANY C AT CROSS LANES. 

(From private Journal.) 

"Monday morning-, August 26th, 1861. 

"While preparing breakfast, shots were heard in the 
direction of the Ferry road. The long roll was sounded. 
Every man left his untasted breakfast, and at the command 
'Fall in,' took his place in the ranks — Floyd's army was 
upon us. Company K, which had been on the river road, 
was driven in. When Company C, on double quick, 
reached the road crossings, where the main body of the 
regiment was, the enemy, in line of battle, was seen by us, 
advancing over our old camp ground. 

"Company C was ordered to take position on a hill to the 
right of the road leading to Carnifax Ferry. In doing this 
we had to go toward the enemy and climb a rail fence under 
their fire. A volley from the rebs splintered the rails about 
me as I went over the fence. Some of our boys were down. 
We gained the hill, and facing about in good order, began 
to load and fire. This we kept up for twenty minutes or so, 
when the enemy's advance was checked ; but it soon devel- 
oped that Company C and parts of Companies A and K 
were cut off from the balance of the regiment. Cross, 
Orton. Jeakins. and Collins were badly wounded and fell 
into the hands of the Confederates. 

"Captain Shurtleff. seeing that we were being flanked. 
gave the order to fall back into the woods. We scattered in 
the dense thickets between the open field and the Gauley 
River, at first each man for himself. There was much con- 
fusion for a time. I crawled through the thick laurel 
bushes, got behind a tree and loaded my gun. The enemy 
followed us to the edge of the woods, but apparently did 
not enter the thickets, keeping up a sharp firing on us from 
the fields. The company soon got into a semblance of order 
and the Captain led us toward the river. The first thought 
seemed to be to find the banks of the Gauley and follow that 
down. It was plain that we were cut off from the rest of 
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82 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

the regiment, and that our only safety from capture was to 
keep away from the pubHc road. 

"We proceeded cautiously, in single file, over the very 
roughest places I ever saw — through dense forest, under- 
growth of laurel and brier, up and down rough wooded 
hills, down and up rough rocky banks and cliffs, overhang- 
ing deep ravines. At intervals of time the column halted at 
the silent signal passed down from the Captain while scouts 
were sent in advance to guard against surprise. We had 
proceeded in this manner, making slow progress, for per- 
haps two or three hours, when it was decided to reach the 
public road where traveling would be faster. Some ob- 
jections were urged to this course, but the officers believed 
that we were far enough away from the scene of the morn- 
ing's fight now to make the venture safe. About 1 1 o'clock 
A. M. we approached a clearing. We were ordered to lie 
down, while the Captain reconnoitered in front. Again the 
order to advance, but we had hardly gone a quarter of a 
mile when a ringing command to 'Halt' came from the 
enemy — a body of cavalry on the road we were approach- 
ing. Those of us who were far enough away to be out of 
sight each quickly prepared to fight, but the boys at the head 
of the column were already in the power of the rebs and 
fifteen, including the Captain, were captured at once. 
Lieutenant Baker called out, 'Skedaddle!' which command 
the enemy did not seem to understand, and by the time they 
were ready to fire on us, those of us who were not prisoners 
were scattered again in the thickets. 

"This time we seemed to be hopelessly separated, and for 
some time I was alone. The enemy kept firing into the 
woods, and, pursuing on every road and bridle path, picked 
up a number of our men. I secreted myself in a dense 
thicket while the confusion lasted, and when, finally, all was 
quiet, I made my way again toward the river. During the 
afternoon I fell in with two others of my company, fugitives 
like myself, so that when, three hours later, we reached the 
bank of the Gauley, three miserable hungry fellows were 
together under a cliff of rocks overhanging the river which 



REPORT OF TIIK BATTUC OF CROSS IvANES 83 

swept by half a mile below us. We had now been without 
food since the evening before, and this, with our exciting 
brush with the enemy and subsequent rough traveling, had 
nearly exhausted us. We rested awhile and discussed ways 
and means. We must go on, for it was clearly out of tlie 
question to travel in this rough, unknown wilderness after 
dark. Two others of Company C joined us, and we five 
determined to make the best time we could while daylight 
lasted. I was chosen leader and we started out, avoiding 
every road or mountain path. It was indeed a weary tramp 
and our progress was slow. We dare not get out of sight 
or hearing of the river. 

"That night, August 26, we rested, the best we could, 
supperless and miserable, under a huge cliff of rock over- 
hanging the Gauley. The night was cold. We had no 
blankets but, by lying close, we managed to get some sleep. 
Next morning (without waiting to cook breakfast) we 
pushed on, foot-sore and weak with hunger. About 9 
o'clock we approached an open place, and soon discovered 
that we were near a farm. We determined that we would 
try to get something to eat here. It was taking chances, for 
every road was patrolled by the enemy ; but hunger had 
made us desperate. We halted in the bushes, where we 
could not be seen from the farm buildings, and fixed on a 
plan. 

"One of the boys. Thresher, said he would go to the 
house, and if possible get some food. He soon came back, 
reporting that he had seen a woman and boy leave the house 
with baskets and go back into the woods. We concluded 
that they may have been taking food to the rebel pickets or 
perhaps to their own men-folks, who were probably hiding 
away from the soldiers. I decided, however, to go myself 
to the house. Approaching through an orchard, I was near 
to the back door of the dwelling before I saw any sign of 
life. A middle-aged woman came to the door, and, seeing 
me, looked quickly back into the room in a manner that led 
me at first to think I was about to be easily entrapped. But 
her first words reassured me. I asked her if Floyd's pick- 



84 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

ets were near. She said they were, and at the house often. 
She asked me if I was one of the company that was under 
the cHff ; said they had just sent food to a party of our boys 
down there, and advised me to go to them at once for fear 
of being seen by the patrol. She told me that they were 
loyal to the Union, and that they had been feeding our boys 
as they came that way from the battle. I found that we 
were only about five miles from Cross Lanes. It had 
seemed to us that we were much farther away, for we had 
certainly traveled twenty miles or more. I explained to the 
good lady that there were others with me and that we were 
nearly famished. She sent a boy with me to conduct us to 
the cliff, when she said she would send us food. We found 
at the hiding-place thirteen of the Seventh, nearly all Com- 
pany A men. It was a happy meeting. Soon hot cofifee, 
bread, and apples were brought to us, and we made a hearty 
meal. Never food tasted more delicious. Never were 
hungry boys more thankful. 

"We learned afterward that these good people, whose 
name was Ross, furnished food to nearly a hundred of our 
men. Thanking the woman again and again, we started 
out toward the river. Having found that we were still 
within the enemy's lines we could not trust to the public 
road yet. About 3 p. m., while resting in the bushes, we 
were joined by several more of the regiment. This gave us 
quite a force, large enough, we thought, to warrant us tak- 
ing the public road. A steady rain all the afternoon had 
drenched us. Our guns were in poor condition and our 
courage was not strong. Night compelled us to halt, and 
we made the best of it in the thick brush on the side of a 
mountain near the river. Next morning, August 28, we 
started at daybreak, rain still falling, and plodded on for 
hours, over high hills and deep ravines, finding nothing to 
eat but wintergreens and a few berries. 

"About noon, believing that we must be beyond the ene- 
my's lines, we determined to find the road and some habita- 
tion where we could get food. Two hours more brought 
us out to a clearing. Before us lay a rolling farm country, 



REPORT OF THE BATTLE OE CROSS I,ANES 85 

with a stream and mill near, and beyond them, farm build- 
ings. Two comrades (of Company A, I think) volunteered 
to go to the house while we waited developments. We saw 
the boys approach the house, and soon after a company of 
rebel cavalry surrounded the buildings. Our fellows were 
prisoners. Our first thought was to attempt their rescue, 
but the uncertainty of the strength of the enemy, and the 
fact that we were in no condition to fight, compelled us to 
consider discretion the better part of valor in this case. So 
keeping in the shelter of the forest we crossed the stream 
and ascended the side of the mountain in order to get an- 
other view of the premises, lioping to see our way clear to 
take the road. Here we were joined by J. M. Guinn of my 
company, who had been alone since the battle. 

"We decided to go farther up the mountain, and con- 
tinued on to the summit. From there we could see on one 
side the cultivated country and squads of rebel cavalry on 
the roads. In the other direction nothing could be seen but 
a vast forest toward the Gauley. We were completely lost, 
desperately hungry, and half dead with fatigue. It must 
have been about 4 p. m. when we decided to descend a cer- 
tain ravine toward the river, and soon came upon cattle 
paths, and easier walking. But our progress was slow, for 
the men were footsore and weak. Soon the trail became 
plainer as we proceeded, but it was nearly dark before we 
came out into an open country near the Gauley. Pressing 
on down the river, — again wet through by rain which had 
been falling all the afternoon, — we soon found a log cabin 
inhabited, and on inquiry found that we were outside the 
enemy's pickets, and within a few miles of our own out- 
posts. It was after dark when we finally reached our 
pickets and were heartily greeted and supplied with the best 
they had, plenty of hardtack ; but no fires were allowed. 
We were glad to lie down for the night without shelter or 
covering. 

"The next day. near noon, we reached our camp at Gau- 
ley Bridge, and were met by the Colonel with tears in his 
eyes, and a hurrah welcome from everybody. 

"M. M. Andrews." 



86 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

"On the morning of the 26th of August, 1861, Companies 
A and C were on the Summerville pike near to the cross- 
road that led down to Carnifax Ferry, and Company K was 
on the picket out on the road toward the ferry. I do not 
remember just how the other companies were located, ex- 
cept that Company F was left back on the road to Gauley 
as a guard to the wagon-train. 

"Very early in the morning, while we were cooking our 
coffee, tiring was heard in the direction of the picket post 
and we were ordered to fall in at once, and Companies A 
and C started down the road toward Carnifax Ferry on 
double quick time. We soon found that Company K was 
being driven in, and we were ordered by Captain Crane to 
take to the hill on our right. After we had gone partly up 
the hill we turned and gave the rebels, who were then filing 
across our old camp ground, a few volleys. We did not 
linger long, however, but made for the top of the hill and 
into the woods, where we soon met a rebel color-bearer, and 
Corporal L. R. Davis demanded of him the colors, which he 
took and placed under his blouse ; and it is my recollection 
that we did not bother much with the rebel sergeant, as we 
had about all we could do to take care of ourselves, and I 
think we let him go. Captain Crane and most of the com- 
pany took to the hills and kept away from the road. Some 
of the company went to houses for something to eat and 
were gobbled up by the rebels. Most of us, however, 
avoided the road, and arrived at Gauley about 9 o'clock in 
the evening, and were so tired that we lay down on the 
ground and slept for the night. The next day quite a num- 
ber came in, and we went into camp again, and wondered 
what had become of Major Casement and the other com- 
panies. 

"We did ordinary camp and picket duty, and every day a 
detail was made to go down to the landing at Kanawha 
Falls, a few miles from camp, to unload boats and get ra- 
tions. I do not remember just how long, but it was sev- 
eral days before we heard that Major Casement and the 



REPORT OF THE BATTI^E OF CROSS LANES 87 

balance of the regiment were at Charleston, and after a 
while we were ordered to join them. 

"VV. A. Howe." 

"5539 Monte Vista Street. Los Angeees, Cal. 

"It was the third day after the fight that *You-uns' found 
me in that com-field. When Company C came up to Colonel 
Thompkins's cavalry in the woods, I was well to the head 
of the company, but not close enough to be included in the 
surrender. Several of us broke on the run for the laurel 
thicket. After running a distance we came to a halt. Rap- 
pleye, Magary. Cooper, and some one else besides myself 
took position behind a big pine, intending to fight ; but 
when we heard the order given by the rebels. 'Fifty of you 
deploy to the right and surround them!' \yc broke away 
again. 

"Two Johnnies took after me. One long-legged fellow 
was tearing after me, calling 'Halt,' etc. I kept running, 
until I threw myself under a large bunch of laurel, cocked 
my musket ready to shoot, when one rebel and then the 
other went by as hard as they could run. thinking nie yet 
in their front. 1 lay there and went to sleep until awakened 
by a fox smelling around, then roused up and moved toward 
Gauley River. Slept in bushes and under shelving rocks. 
I'inally starved out, and went into tlie corn-field where you 
found me. 

"J. M. GUINN." 

"Sunday Morninc. August 25, 1861. 

"After breakfast the regiment advanced to the ford again, 
leaving one company with the wagon-train. After halting 
a short time we crossed the creek (I'eters Creek) and ad- 
vanced about two miles; here Company C was stationed in 
ambush to cover the retreat if it should be necessary. 

"Three other companies advanced to Cross Lanes, and 
finding no enemy there, the rest of the regiment, with the 
exception of two comi)anies. was ordered forward. Com- 
pany C took a position on a hill, where it remained until 



88 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

dark, and then took up its quarters in a little house near the 
four corners. Company A was stationed in a little house 
near by. Company K was farther to the right. The other 
five companies were stationed along the Gauley road. 

"We slept in a road, around a fire, without blankets. 
Monday morning, August 26, just as we were eating our 
breakfast of roast beef and com, we were aroused by a 
brisk firing in the direction of Company K. Company C 
was ordered to take position on a hill about half a mile dis- 
tant and a little to the right of the road where the enemy 
were advancing. Company A was ordered to occupy a posi- 
tion to the right of Company C. Our company ascended 
the hill and formed under a heavy fire of musketry, by 
which several of the men were wounded before we had 
gained the brow of the hill. One shot struck the sole of my 
shoe. Our company (C) maintained its position until we 
had fired eight or ten rounds; when seeing that we were 
overpowered by the numbers of the enemy, and they having 
nearly gained both our flanks, the Captain gave the order to 
retreat ; which was done in good order, considering the cir- 
cumstances. Eight of our men were left wounded on the 
field ; three more slightly wounded, retreated with the com- 
pany, myself among the number. I was hit by a musket 
ball on the head, the ball just grazing the skull. The wound 
bled profusely, but I suffered little inconvenience from it. 
We struck into the woods, and made our way as best we 
could over hills, across streams, through thick underbrush, 
crawling over rocks, etc., trying to keep out of the way of 
the enemy until night, when we could get into the Gauley 
road and make our way to Gauley Bridge. 

"We had proceeded in this way until afternoon, when 
the company having halted, the Captain and two of the men 
went ahead to pick out the way. A little in advance of 
where the company halted was a road, and as luck would 
have it, about 500 of the enemy, under command of Colonel 
Thompkins, came up and were right upon us before we dis- 
covered them. The Colonel ordered the Captain to halt and 
demanded a surrender. The Captain stepped out into the 



REPORT OF TTIK BATTLK OF CROSS LANES 89 

road, and seeing the force of the enemy, immediately deliv- 
ered up his sword and ordered the company to surrender as 
l)ris()ners. But most of the men had broken and scattered 
in the woods when they first saw the enemy. The rest of 
us were standing with our guns drawn, ready to fire if the 
Captain should give the order, but being surrounded we 
gave up our arms. Only fourteen were taken besides the 
Captain. We found that we were about fi\'e miles from 
Cross Lanes. A doctor in the regiment dressed my wounds 
and we marched under guard to the camp of the enemy 
about four miles beyond Cross Lanes. 

"E. W. MOREY." 

On the morning of August 25. when the Seventh left 
Peter's Creek, Seymour T. Gill. ^ a fifcr, and his brother. 
Louis C. Gill, a drummer, both in Company D. were noti- 
fied by Colonel Tyler that, as non-combatants, they were to 
remain with the wagon-train; but not wishing to be thus 
left in the rear, they obtained arms and accouterments from 
the ordnance sergeant and followed after. 

That night, being without rations they decitlcd to re- 
turn to the train for supplies, when they met their brother, 
Benjamin F. Gill, of Company E. who divided the contents 
of his haversack with them and advised them to remain, 
which they did. The next morning, when the enemy at- 
tacked promptly and vigorously all along the line, Seymour 
and Louis, while moving toward our colors, as a rallying 
])oint, were fired upon and ordered to halt. A bullet struck 
Seymour's gun. thus saving his life, but admonished him 
to respect the challenge of his enemy, who took him pris- 
oner and carried him "away down South in Dixie." while 
Louis escaped. 



CHAPTER X. 

more about cross i.anes. 

"Camp at Chari^eston, Va., 
"Saturday, August 31, 1861. 

"Friend Merrill : Long ere you receive this you will 
have heard of the defeat of the Ohio Seventh, at Cross 
Lanes on Monday, August 26. I will give you, as plainly 
as my weary nature will permit, the particulars of the occur- 
rence. Previous to the 20th inst., we had been stationed at 
Cross Lanes for the purpose of guarding the ferry across 
Gauley River, about 4 miles distant. At 10 o'clock p. m. 
the long roll called us from our rest, and orders were given 
to 'pack up for marching.' At 11.30 we were on our way 
to Gauley Bridge. At 10 a. m. next day arrived at the 
mouth of Twenty Mile Creek, distant 20 miles from Cross 
Lanes and six from Gauley Bridge. Here we encamped 
and remained until Saturday morning, the 24th inst., when 
we received 'marching orders' ; and at noon were off again, 
retracing our steps to Cross Lanes. When at the crossing 
of Peters Creek, within five miles of Cross. Lanes, we were 
met by Captain Bagg, of the Snake Hunters, who had re- 
ceived information, which was credited, that a large body 
of the rebels had crossed the river and would make a stand. 
It was then sundown. We immediately countermarched 
and returned 3 miles to a road leading from the ferry to 
the Gauley road. This was to prevent their cutting off our 
retreat to Gauley Bridge, if it should be necessary. After 
taking a cup of coffee, hastily prepared, we spread our blan- 
kets on the grass, and all not on picket guard enjoyed a 
good sleep. A friendly corn-field furnished us a breakfast. 

"At about six in the morning we 'fell in,' and moved on 
again toward Cross Lanes. The main body of the regiment 
halted at the creek (from where we countermarched the 
night before), Company K was sent on in advance to Cross 



more; about cross i^anes 91 

Lanes, and detachments from other companies were sent as 
pickets on roads leading north and south. At ten the 
pickets were called in. Soon a messenger returned with the 
information that Company K had come suddenly upon a 
body of the enemy's cavalry at the meeting-house, and fired 
upon them. This was perhaps one-half mile from the cor- 
ners, and on the same ground where we had the battle. 
Company .-X. was immediately sent on to their assistance. 
At 3^ o'clock p. M. the remainder of the regiment advanced, 
with the exception of Company F, who remained to guard 
the wagons, and by 5 o'clock were near the meeting-house. 
We halted in the road, and remained until dark. Compan- 
ies K and A were then to the right of us on the ferry road, 
and one-half mile distant. Perhaps as many as five shots 
were fired by Company K. just before dark, and then all 
was quiet. Most of the companies laid on the road all night, 
without blankets or covering. Company H occupied the 
meeting-house, and Company D on the opposite side of the 
road, under the thick foliage of the woods. Our garments 
were perfectly wet through with perspiration, and the night 
air was unusually cool. We suffered very much ; many of 
the men shivered as in winter. At about midnight consent 
was given to build up fires, and the boys immediately im- 
proved the opportunity, and then laid down again and slept 
until daylight, when they visited a neighboring corn-field for 
ears for their breakfast. A wagon with crackers now came 
up, and they were distributed. 

"Before the men had finished cooking their corn, shots 
were fired. Everything was now dropped, and guns 
grasped, and we formed into line instantly. The firing in- 
creasing, orders were given for an advance down the road. 
We went 'double quick,' Company H following. Imme- 
diately upon clearing the covering of the woods we were 
saluted by a volley from the rebels. We countcnnarched, 
and by order of Captain Dyer took cover under a fence — 
Captain Dyer and Lieutenant Weed all the time standing in 
the road and constantly exposed to the raking showers of 
bullets from the enemy, who were concealed under cover of 



92 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO V0I<UNTEER INEANTRY 

the woods on our right. Soon on our left and center were 
seen company after company, and I might perhaps truth- 
fully say, regiment after regiment, coming on and endeavor- 
ing to flank us on that side; they were mostly under cover 
and not in range of our guns. Company K was at this time 
retreating toward us across an open field, but as they were 
'deployed as skirmishers,' and therefore not in a compact 
body, shots upon them were not as effective as they other- 
wise would have been. As soon as Company K reached 
the road, we commenced the retreat. Escape from annihila- 
tion seemed almost impossible. After getting over the fence 
we jumped into long grass — an unmown meadow. Com- 
pany H was above us at the same time, but not having as 
far to go to reach the woods was not so long exposed to the 
fire. It was in this long grass that our brave Captain fell. 
He was shot in the left side just above the belt, by a musket 
ball, and probably lived but a few moments. A part of the 
meadow was planted with corn; through this we passed; 
then up a hillside until we reached the woods. At this place 
by the time Company D had arrived (it being the last com- 
pany), was gathered that fragment of the Seventh which 
came safe through to Charleston under Major Casement. 
It was at first supposed that we would make a stand here. 
We were drawn up about twenty feet from the fence. In 
front of us in the open meadow was the provision and am- 
munition wagons, one each, and a small ambulance. Near 
these were planted our regimental colors, and by the side of 
it were Colonels Tyler and Creighton, and Major Casement. 
We all now stood watching the enemy. Fighting such odds 
with no artillery or cavalry was suicidal, for they were ten 
to our one. We then commenced our retreat, in a northerly 
direction, led by Major Casement. 

"Colonels Tyler and Creighton, Surgeon Salter and 
Chaplain Brown now dashed up the Gauley road, and made 
their escape to the bridge. The retreat of the Seventh, 
which occupied three and one-half days (from Monday at 
sunrise until Thursday noon), was, perhaps, and ever will 
be the greatest event in the lives of many if not all engaged 



MORE ABOUT CROSS LANES Q3 

ill it. I have neither language nor time to give you a cor- 
rect idea of it. Roads in the mountainous country are neces- 
sarily built at great expense. Those connecting main points 
and county-seats are built at the mutual expense of State 
and county. There are many good farms lying back hid 
among the liills, which are reached only by bridle paths or 
on foot. We left the battlefield and took a northerly course, 
just between the Gauley road and one running almost di- 
rectly north. There was not even a path, nor had we a 
guide. Heavy forests, entangled underbrush, long, steep 
declivities, rocks and creeks beset our way; still, we has- 
tened on. Major Casement, Adjutant DeForest, and Sergt.- 
Maj. King had each their horses with them, and got them 
through to Charleston. The perseverance of the Major, 
and the sagacity of his fine animal, surmounted all difficul- 
ties, and the other animals followed. 

"I have not time to give details of our entire march. The 
first day we were obliged to cross a turnpike leading from 
Summerville to Gauley Bridge, at a place not more than 
tinec miles from Cross Lanes. It was now 3 p. m., and we 
had been since sunrise in making it; which shows the diffi- 
culties we encountered. When we reached the pike we 
found it covered with horse tracks. We knew that the ene- 
my's cavalry had just passed over it. On, on we hurried, 
and by 10 at night, after clambering an almost insurmount- 
able mountainside, thought it safe to stop till daylight. Af- 
ter roasting corn, we lay down on Sf)me fresh hay in the 
road for rest until daylight, when we were off again with- 
out breakfast. At 10 a. m. Tuesday we halted at a corn- 
field and made a hasty meal. At 4 p. m., after crossing a 
mountain, we reached a ford on Elk River — to be upon the 
other side was comparative safety. It was a novel sight to 
see 400 men wading the broad, swift and rocky river, car- 
rying their guns and much of their clothing. On the oppo- 
site bank was a saw-mill. On every side were high moun- 
tains covered with the richest foliage. All crossed safely, 
and after a short rest went on again until dark; lay on the 
grass again until daylight; then on again without break- 



94 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

fast. We saved 6 miles of our journey by crossing a very 
high mountain, and again by twice fording the Elk lo more 
were saved. 

"At the house of Mr. D. Smith, a good Union man, we 
got some bacon, corn, and wheat bread, and plenty of boiled 
corn — all well cooked. He had heard of our coming, and 
was preparing for us. It now commenced raining and we 
had miles to go before we rested for the night. Some men 
not being able to keep up were put into a canoe and sent 
down the river; and in the course of the day other canoes 
were taken and used in the same manner. Our path was 
along the Elk. In the afternoon it rained almost inces- 
santly; crossed the Big Sandy, near its junction with the 
Elk, twenty miles from Charleston, at which place is a seces- 
sion settlement. 

"Three miles beyond we met the teams sent up from 
Charleston with provisions. They were hailed with nine 
and a tiger. The rain continued all night, and was to us 
the hardest of the march. At 3 a. m. the men were called 
up for marching again. They rose stiffer, and less inclined 
to move than ever before. The heavy rain and darkness, 
slippery clay roads, and stiff joints had the effect to make a 
most gloomy march. However, as daylight dawned, cheer- 
fulness increased, and we marched into Charleston with 
light hearts. 

"The troops stationed here (a part of the Twenty-sixth 
O. V. and part of the First Kentucky Regiment), turned 
out to receive us, escorting us to their camp ground, and im- 
mediately set to work providing us food and shelter. Our 
baggage being at Gauley Bridge, of course we had no tents, 
cooking apparatus, or change of clothing. Charleston is a 
very pretty place of about 3,000 inhabitants, who, to almost 
a man, are of secession sentiments, and, therefore, not our 
friends, and do not receive from them favors or courtesies 
as were bestowed upon us at Weston and all other small 
places through which we have passed — although the same 
respectful deportment is shown and observance of their pro- 
prietorship of property. 



MORE ABOUT CROSS LANES 95 

"For the reason that a full and accurate list cannot now 
be made out of the men, 1 will not attempt to t^^ive it par- 
tially — within a few days it will he furnished entire. I hope 
our friends at home will not anticipate. 

"A few words more and I will close. Had it not been for 
the cool intrepidity of Major Casement, the Seventh Regi- 
ment would this day be among the regiments that were. 
'l)Oys,' said he, when we had assembled on the hill in retreat, 
'stand by me, and I will take you through!' And he did 
take us through ; over mountains, down almost precipice 
descents, through ravines, fording streams, undaunted he 
went. During the entire retreat not a mouthful would he 
eat till he knew that every man under his command was sup- 
l)lie(l with such as could be had. Thanks to our gallant 
Major! His noble bearing, his firm conduct, his unwearied 
exerti(^ns in behalf of his men, and his uniform kindness, 
will never be forgotten by the 400 whose lives this day are 
due to him. Still for the war, 

"W. D. Shepherd." 

FROM TUK CIIAl'LAIN OE THE SEVENTH. 

(Correspondence of the Clcz'cland Herald.) 

"Gaueev Bridge. August 31, 1861. 
"I sent you a dispatch yesterday evening telling you of 
the safety of all the commissioned officers of the regiment, 
save Captain Dyer, known to be killed ; Captain Shurtleff. 
known to be a prisoner, and Lieutenants Wilcox and Lock- 
wood, missing. I regret exceedingly that I cannot give you 
the names of the privates and non-commissioned officers 
killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing. But this cannot be 
done until we hear more fully from Major Casement con- 
cerning the men with him. over 400, at Charleston. 3(S miles 
below us. The only way even then that we could approxi- 
mate to a correct list would be to give the names of all who 
have escaped, those with him and those with us. One of 
the objects I aimed to secure uncler the flag of truce the 
other day, was information upon this very thing, for the 



96 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

sake mainly of the relatives and friends of those we have 
lost. I did not succeed. But the history of the attempt may 
interest them and your readers generally. 

"After riding 18 miles, the last 7 keeping our flag 
constantly displayed, we came to their first picket, a strong 
cavalry one, 7 miles this side of Cross Lanes. We were 
received civilly, and stated our business, showing the com- 
mission we had from Colonel Tyler. The officer in com- 
mand said he had no authority to permit us to pass, but 
kindly offered to send for information to the next picket, 2 
miles farther on at the ford over Peters Creek, where 
Colonel Finny was. We were two hours there, and allowed 
full liberty to walk about as we pleased. There we found 
five of our men, who had just been taken, all from Cleve- 
land but one, viz : Frank Williams, Andrew Scovill (whose 
brother is here wounded in the hip), a Mr. Burt, a Mr. Ban- 
dell, and one whose name I do not remember, a German. 
Poor fellows, weary and hungry, they had come in from the 
woods to get something to eat, and were captured. I could 
but sympathize especially with Williams, as he has a wife 
and two children. The brave fellow had but little to say, 
but I saw that a word would bring the tears into his eyes. 
Before we left we saw them seated at a bountiful table 
which their captors had kindly provided for them ; and we 
saw that in all other respects they were kindly and respect- 
fully treated. 

"After a delay of two hours, word came that we could 
proceed to the next encampment. A squad of cavalry took 
us in charge, blindfolding us and leading our horses. In 
this fashion we rode 2 miles. At the ford we were received 
by Colonel Finny in a closed room, and the bandages taken 
from our eyes. We found the Colonel a courteous gentle- 
man of eastern Virginia, and were informed by him that 
our dead had already been decently buried, with the excep- 
tion of Captain Dyer, who had been recognized on the bat- 
tlefield before he was quite dead by Major Thomburg of 
their army, who had served with him in Mexico, whose 
body they were intending to send down to us under a flag 



MOKK ABOUT CROSS lyANKS 97 

of truce, to be forwarded to his friends (it had not been 
done, however), and that our wounded were receiving the 
care of their most skilful surgeons. I then asked for Dr. 
Cushing and myself the privilege of visiting our wounded 
and prisoners, to see them, and to receive messages from 
them to their friends. He replied that General Floyd's or- 
ders were that no one should pass from us beyond that 
point ; but added that if we were willing to remain where 
we were till an answer could be received, he would send a 
messenger to the General with our request. We told him 
we were. I then addressed to General Floyd the following 
note, viz : 

" Teters Creek, August 27, 1861. 
" 'Brig. -Gen. John B. Feoyd. 

" 'General : I am here under a flag of truce, with Dr. 
Gushing of the Seventh Regiment O. V. I., to look after 
our dead and wounded in the late battle at Cross Lanes. 
We are informed by Colonel Finney, as we knew would be, 
that our dead have been decently buried, and that our 
wounded have received the skilful attention of the gentle- 
men of your medical staff. Here, then, our mission might 
end. But, General, the Seventh Regiment is mainly com- 
posed of men from and in the vicinity of Cleveland, and as 
we both expect to return there shortly on furloughs, for the 
sake of the relatives and friends of the woundetl and pris- 
oners, we very much wish to see them and be the bearers 
of any messages they may wish to send. If, therefore, 
under our flag of truce, you will permit us to do so, we will 
accept it as a very high favor, and we promise you on our 
honor as gentlemen to take no advantage of it prejudicial 
to your service. 

" 'Respectfully, your obedient servant, 

" 'Frederick T. Brown, 
" 'Chaplain of the Seventh, 
" 'Minister in l*resbyterian Church O. S.' 



98 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

"To this note, some five hours after, I received the fol- 
lowing reply, viz: 

" 'Headquarters Army oe Kanawha, 

" 'August 27, 1 86 1. 
" *Rev. Frederick T. Brown, 

" 'Chaplain of Seventh Regiment O. V. 
" 'Dear Sir : Your note requesting to be permitted to 
visit the prisoners and wounded at present in my charge, of 
the Seventh Regiment O. V., and conveying information of 
them has been received. In reply I have to say that in this, 
as in all other cases, the dead shall not be neglected by me. 
Your dead have all been decently interred. Your prisoners 
are and shall be humanely and kindly treated, shall not be 
the recipients of any indignity by language or otherwise. 
Your wounded are beyond Gauley River, and under the 
treatment of my best surgeons. Your request to visit them 
I cannot concede, persuaded that to do so would be at- 
tended with some risk of detriment to the service in which 
I am engaged. I regret then that my sense of duty prompts 
me to adopt a course which under other circumstances would 
afford me a pleasure, and which may I fear seem to you un- 
gracious. Permit me to add that one of the captains of your 
regiment is here and on parole. He will be able, as he has 
already done, to visit the prisoners and wounded and give 
them his personal attention. 

" 'Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

" 'John B. Feoyd, 
" 'Brig.-Gen. Commanding Army of Kanawha.' 

"Of course nothing further could be done. I will only 
add that while waiting for this note, I — I say 'J,' for Dr. 
Cushing was in one of his silent moods — had long conversa- 
tions with Colonel Finney and Major Honnsel, on a variety 
of topics, not ignoring the one great topic at issue, and 
found them both accomplished, cultivated, and courteous 
gentlemen. Before the note came it grew dark, when 



MORIC ABOUT CROSS l^ANES 99 

Colonel I'iniicv took us to liis licadquarters, two miles far- 
ther up toward Cross Lanes, without having- us blindfolded. 
There lie gave us a sumptuous supper, and lodged us until 
3 o'clock A. M., w^hen we were sent out of the lines back, 
not blindfolded. I must also say that in all our intercourse 
with the rebel oflkers and men. I did not hear one abusive 
or taunting word. We could' not have been treated with 
more kindness or consideration. 
"The messenger is just leaving. 

"Yours truly, 

"Frederick T. Brown. 

a letter erom lieutenant eaton. 

"Charleston, W. Va.. September 7, 1861. 

" * * * The inarch in retreat w^as commenced about 
7 o'clock in the morning of the 26th, and continued with 
scarcely ten minutes' rest, over the mountains which to our 
unaccustomed eyes seemed impassable, and through woods 
thick with undergrowth of laurel and vine, until late at 
night, without path, and nearly all the way without a guide. 
.\ man was obtained late in the afternoon wdio conducted 
us to a mountain path, leading to Elk River, but he could 
be induced to go no farther. He lived upon the road which 
we had to cross, within two or three miles of our starting 
jilace, and we afterward learned that a thousand of the 
enemy were within half a mile of where we crossed it, 
watching for us to come out of the woods. We camped that 
night on a little improvement on the summit of a mountain 
in the midst of the woods, 'forty miles from no place.' 

"The march was resumed at an early hour the next morn- 
ing, without breakfast, and upon a supper the night previous 
of a small allowance of corn-bread. At noon we halted to 
dine on green corn at a point where the pass we had been 
following struck the Lily Fork of Buffalo Creek. Follow- 
ing it up, after our luncheon, we struck the Elk River at 
about 6 p. M. of the 27th, after fording it through water 



loo se;venth regiment ohio volunteer infantry 

nearly waist deep, encamped four or five miles below. Here, 
for the first time, we had a little variety in the subsistence 
line. Some sheep were killed, and these with green corn, 
after our fatiguing march, gave us a relish for sleep on the 
ground with a small allowance of hay for bed. In the morn- 
ing, Capt. W. R. Sterling having gone ahead to provide 
subsistence for the day, our journey was resumed, and at lo 
o'clock we were fed at a point 28 miles from Charleston, on 
boiled corn, bacon, and a little coffee, and a very small al- 
lowance of bread. At a distance of 14 miles from this 
place we encamped that night (following), during which 
and the next day until we arrived here, a shower of rain fell 
without cessation, aggravating to an indescribable degree 
the sore feet and weary limbs of the wanderers. Rations 
from Charleston met us here and we fared sumptuously. 
Reached Charleston noon next day, August 29. 

"I cannot possibly give an account of all we went through 
during that fight and retreat. That so large a number sur- 
vived the heavy fire of the superior number of the enemy, 
and a forced march, estimated at not less than 80 miles, and 
that we escaped from an entire cutting up and capture, sur- 
rounded on almost every side, as we were, seems a little 
short of a miracle to me. 

*'N0TAE." 

The following message from Captain Sterling, who was 
the advance guard of the forces marching to Charleston 
under Major Casement, gave to General Cox and Colonel 
Tyler the first information they had that 404 more of the 
Seventh had. escaped from the enemy at Cross Lanes: 

"Charleston, August 28, 1861. 
"General Cox. 

"Dear Sir: I have arrived here and started three 
wagons to meet the Seventh Regiment at the m.outh of the 
Big Sandy, 20 miles from this place, where the Seventh will 
camp to-night. The men are in fine spirits, but a little leg- 
weary and footsore. Several Union men have followed us. 
They say that the main body of the enemy is at Cross Lanes. 



MORE ABOUT CROSS LANES lOI 

"I learn that Colonel Tyler came into Gaiiley with some 
200 men with the train. 

"if that be so, we have made a glorious retreat. 
"Yours respectfully, 

"W. R. Sterling, 
"Capt. Co. I, Seventh Ohio Inf." 

General Co.x commended the action of Major Casement 
to General Rosecrans as follows : 

"Gauley Bridge, August 28, 186 1, 9 p. m. 

"General W. S. Rosecrans, 
"Clarksburg, Va. : 

"Major Casement has carried over 400 of the Seventh 
into Charleston handsomely. He went by Big Sandy and 
down Elk. 

"There are so many practicable routes for cavalry and 
infantry without trains that his presence in Charleston may 
prove very fortunate. The enemy still continues in princi- 
pal force near Cross Lanes. 

"J. D. Cox." 



CHAPTER XI. 

AT CHARIvKSTON. 

During the month of September, 1861, the companies un- 
der Major Casement remained at Charleston, performing 
very active guard duty, scouting after the enemy, unloading 
steamboats, etc., while those at Gauley Bridge performed 
like service there. 

Capt. John N. Dyer having been killed at Cross Lanes, 
and Lieut. Andrew J. Williams having resigned because of 
ill-health, Company D on September 25, 1861, held an elec- 
tion, when Lieut. Charles A. Weed was chosen captain ; 
Sergeant William D. Shepherd, first lieutenant, and Ser- 
geant Frank Payne, Jr., second lieutenant. 

On or about the 26th rain began falling in torrents and 
continued until the 28th, when the greatest flood ever known 
in that section occurred. The Big Kanawha River rose 
more than 50 feet, overflowing the town and rendering the 
rescue of families in boats necessary. The Seventh moved 
camp to the highest ground available, and then kept a steam- 
boat near on which to embark if necessary. 

Floating down the river could be seen small buildings, 
haystacks, rail fences, shocks of corn and every sort of 
debris, completing a very picture of waste and desolation. 

On October i, Company D, under the command of Lieu- 
tenants Shepherd and Paine, took boat for Point Pleasant, 
65 miles below Charleston, from which place it was to guard 
and protect a body of workmen while they constructed a 
telegraph line to Charleston. 

Sending off the sick to Gallipolis this duty was at once 
entered upon, and on the 21st Company D marched into 
camp at Charleston, its duty having been well performed. 
On October 11, when this telegraph expedition had passed 
Buffalo on the right bank of the river, the steamer Icetta, 
loaded to the guards with Government stores, was seen with 



AT CHARI^STON IO3 

full head of steam pufflng, sputtering, and groaning on her 
way to Charleston ; but in a very short time she came back 
fairly flying as she went with the current, while the Cap- 
tain shouted to the nearby shore, "Rebels up at Red House!" 
Now as there had been rumors of rebel cavalry scouting 
about we were at once on the qui znvc. The citizen work- 
men were wild from fear, lest they should be captured and 
carried off South, and could not be controlled. 

Throwing out everything that would impede their prog- 
ress, they sprang into the wagons, and away they flew to 
the Ohio River. 30 miles distant. Company D, not to be 
outdone, fell back with alacrity and dispatch on Buffalo; 
took refuge in the court-house, getting in water and rations, 
determined to hold the fort if it came to a state of siege. 

Early the next morning, however, no enemy having ap- 
peared. Company D went on board of a steamboat which 
ran up to Red House, where Colonel Guthrie, then com- 
manding post at Charleston, had also come down with some 
of the Piatt Zouaves to meet the enemy ; but they had long 
since retreated. The Izctta was hailed and ordered to come 
ashore; slowed down and swung about as if to do so, but 
instead of landing kept on swinging, put on all possible 
steam, and pulled away down stream, thus escaping cap- 
ture, although some 200 rifle shots were fired into her with- 
out material harm. 

This was the only exciting incident of the telegraph line 
expedition. 

On October 16 the members of the Seventh at Gauley 
Bridge came to Charleston, and on the 19th Colonel Tyler 
assumed command of the post there, so that when Company 
D came into Camp Warren on the 21st, the regiment, which 
had not been together since the battle of Cross Lanes, was 
again reunited. 

The unusual exposure and hardships immediately follow- 
ing the affair at Cross Lanes, assisted by the damp, chilly 
mountain air (the result of fogs, dew, and frequent show- 
ers), plainly told uix)n the health of the members of the 
Seventh at Gauley Bridge and Charleston, causing diarrluca. 



I04 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

typhoid and malarial fevers, sending many of them home 
on sick furloughs, to the hospitals, and the cemetery. Dur- 
ing the balance of October some effort at company and 
regimental drill was made, but guard duty and scouting 
after the enemy, up and down and across the river, ren- 
dered this inoperative. However, everything went along in 
the usual way until General Floyd advanced to Cotton Hill, 
opposite Gauley Bridge, and threatened attack. 

CARNlFAX FERRY. 

Although not engaged in this battle the Seventh was 
greatly interested therein because of the fact that General 
Floyd's force engaged there was the same as that which 
fought at Cross Lanes. 

The engagement at Cross Lanes called the attention of 
General Rosecrans in that direction, causing him to take 
the field in person. Reaching Sutton about September i, 
1 86 1, with Benham's, McCook's, and Scammon's bri- 
gades and three batteries, he advanced over the same route 
covered by the Seventh, reaching the vicinity of Camifax 
Ferry on the loth about 3 p. m. Disposition was at once 
made for battle and a spirited attack and fusillade was kept 
up until dusk, without any perceptible advantage gained by 
the Union forces, when they were withdrawn, with a loss 
of 17 killed and 143 wounded. During the night the enemy 
withdrew across Gauley River, having suffered a loss of but 
20 wounded. 

FLAG PRESENTATION. 

About the middle of October, Prof. H. E. Peck of Ober- 
lin made a visit to the regiment, but more especially to Com- 
pany C, at Gauley Bridge, bringing with him, as a token of 
remembrance from the loyal people at home, a beautiful silk 
flag, of the presentation of which he wrote as follows : 

"The morning was bright with sunshine and the wild 
Virginia landscape glowed with richest splendor. At guard 
mounting after breakfast the 400 of the Seventh then at 
Gauley were drawn up to receive the colors I was com- 



AT CHARLESTON IO5 

missioned to present to them. In presenting my charge I 
took occasion to express the affection which the people of 
the Western Reserve have aKvays feU for the regiment, and 
wiiich was deepened many fold by the occurrence at Cross 
Lanes. 

"Colonel Tyler replied with great emotion and equal pro- 
priety. His manner and that of the whole regiment de- 
cisively proved that the gift from home was appreciated and 
well bestowed. It was a glad scene. The gentle air un- 
furled just enough the graceful colors; the joyous sun 
illuminated the bla/^on so that it shone as if a glory was 
upon it; the men were happy, and far off among the hills 
rolled the swelling notes of the 'Star Spangled Banner/ with 
which the band made its first salute." 

The Professor said that the men in the Seventh were well- 
clothed ; looked clean ; were in good spirits ; respected 
their officers and each other ; that the right sort of fraternal 
spirit existed among them, and he nowhere saw soldiers in 
Virginia who seemed to be in as good physical condition as 
they did. 

He closed with. "On the whole, the people of the Reserve 
may well cherish, as they have done, their noble representa- 
tives in the Seventh Ohio Volunteers." 

"Gauley, Va.. nth Sept., 1861. 

"Mrs. Jotix X. Dvkr. 

"Paineville. Ohio. 

"My Dear Madam : Permit mc to intrude myself upon 
you in this hour of your terrible trial and affliction as a 
friend to him who now, within the lines of our enemy's 
camp, 'sleeps the sleep that knows no waking.' As a friend 
to him who must have been to you what all else on earth 
cannot replace, allow me to intrude u\K>n you and for a mo- 
ment mingle mv sorrow with your tears ft^r one we loved 
and esteemed. 

"While you. madam, and those little ones around you 
mourn the loss of a beloved husband and father, our regi- 



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ment joined you in your sorrow for the loss of one of our 
country's bravest and truest defenders, and we an esteemed 
friend and officer whose counsels and assistance we have 
ever appreciated. 

"I saw him fall while leading on his brave men in obe- 
dience to my orders. His latest words were when I asked 
him if he could turn the enemy's advancing column and pre- 
vent them outflanking us, 'I will try, sir. Company forward 
by file left, march !' His order to fire soon followed. A mo- 
ment after he was struck with a musket ball and Captain 
Dyer's earthly career was closed. 

"Yet while we deeply mourn his death, it is some satis- 
faction to know the enemy paid dearly for his loss. Their 
disordered ranks and halting column showed clearly that 
his efforts were successful, although it cost his life and that 
of some of his men. 

"No officer in line commanded more universal respect 
and had more of my confidence than Captain Dyer, and we 
mourn his loss as deeply as can any one save you and the 
little flock, made fatherless by his sudden death. 

"My prayer is that He who holds the destinies of the 
universe in His hand may be your protector and a father to 
your orphaned children. If I can serve you in any way, you 
have only to command me. 

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"E. B. TYI.ER, 
"Col. Seventh O. V., U. S. A." 



CHAPTER XII. 

THE COTTON HII^L AND LOOP CREEK CAMPAIGN. 

On the 29th of October, 1861. the rebels chased our out- 
posts on the Fayette road, down near the mouth of Great 
Falls Creek, and on November i appeared on the heights 
of Cotton Hill, opposite Gauley Bridge, with a 6-pounder 
rifled piece, and, with another opposite Montgomery's 
Ferry, opened fire with shot and shell. General Cox was 
directed to put pieces in position, which replied to their fire. 

The running of the ferry was discontinued during the 
day, for fear it might be struck, and the supply trains were 
passed during the night, to avoid exposure. Generals 
Schenck, McCook, and Benham were up New River, where 
they had gone into camp after the battle of Carnifax Ferry, 
while General Cox was at Gauley Bridge. 

General Rosecrans planned to send General Benham up 
Loop Creek, to get in position on General Floyd's flank and 
rear, and when General Schenck had crossed New River, 
Benham was to cooperate, and together attack Floyd's flank 
and rear and ruin his command. 

On November 2 orders were issued to General Benham 
to move by the mouth of Loop Creek. 7 miles below Gauley 
Bridge, and Colonel Tyler at Charleston was directed to 
send 500 picked men to join his command. On November 
4 the detachment of the Seventh Ohio, under command of 
Lieut. -Col. William R. Creighton, left Charleston by boat 
and reached the vicinity of Loop Creek that night. The 
only mishap during this movement was the loss overboard 
of Corporal John D. Dicks of Company I, Seventh Ohio, 
who was never again heard from. On the 6th the Seventh 
crossed to the mouth of Loop Creek under General Benham. 

On the 7th the regiment marched up Loop Creek by a 
mountain path, frequently crossing the stream until it 



io8 se;ve;nTh regiment ohio volunteer infantry 

reached the forks of the creek some 8 or lo miles up, and 
haked at Taylor's farm. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Creighton was in command, and pick- 
eting and scouting (Lew. R. Davis of Company A, Edwin 
Hart of Company D, and Joseph E. Clarke of Company E, 
scouted and met with hairbreadth escapes) well toward 
General Floyd's camp, made report to General Benham. 
(On the 8th General Rosecrans mentioned the receipt of a 
report from Lieutenant-Colonel Creighton from up Loop 
Creek.) 

On the 9th General Schenck had small boats ready to 
cross his troops over New River, but the incessant and se- 
vere rain storms had filled the river, bank full, which made 
the current so strong that the boats were useless. 

General Benham having been ordered to place 1,000 men 
at Cassidy's Mill, only three miles from General Floyd's 
camp, the Seventh and Forty-fourth Ohio marched by a 
mountain path over a very high range (which suggested 
Bonaparte crossing the Alps) and reached that point on the 
night of the 12th. At 4 p. m. of the 13th General Benham 
advanced to Dickerson's farm, where he was joined at 1 1 
p. M. by the troops from Cassidy's Mill and pushed on 
through darkness, rain, and mud, in pursuit of General 
Floyd's retreating army. 

Also on this date, General Schenck having been unable 
to cross New River to operate upon General Floyd's right 
flank, moved down to Gauley Bridge, and crossed over the 
Kanawha River, but instead of joining in the pursuit, went 
into bivouac on Cotton Hill. 

At 4 A. M. of November 14 General Benham's force of 
some 2,700 men reached Hawkin's farm, 5 miles beyond 
Fayetteville, made a brief halt for breakfast upon two hard- 
tack per man, then pushed on after the retreating foe. 

The Thirteenth Ohio had the advance, and about 9.30 
A. M. came up with some rebel cavalry, when a skirmish 
ensued. A little later the enemy made a brief halt near 
McCoy's Mill to cover the escape of their train, when Cap- 
tain Schneider's rifled pieces came up and opened, while the 



COTTON HILL AND I.OOP CREEK CAMPAIGN IO9 

Seventh and Thirty-seventh Ohio Regiments, under the 
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Creighton, advanced alon.c^ 
a ridge, opened tire, and sent the enemy flying toward their 
main column. Again the pursuers gave chase, and at 4 p. 
M. reached Kenton's farm, 15 miles from Fayette toward 
Raleigh, where a halt was made, and a message sent to 
General Schenck to come up and join in the pursuit. Gen- 
eral Schenck consulted General Rosecrans, who replied that 
"he feared that his men would suffer," and ordered General 
Benham to return. 

The order to return reached the head of the pursuing col- 
umn at II P. M. of the 14th, in the midst of another down- 
pour of rain. After some delay, in hope that the storm 
might cease, at i a. m. of the 15th this w^et, mud-be-drag- 
gled, hungry and exhausted force began the return march, 
over a road which, for depth of mud, was never again wit- 
nessed by the men who participated in it. 

At 4 A. M. a halt was made at McCoy's Mill for a couple 
of hours, and then, with an almost uninterrupted march, the 
column moved on to and through Fayette, out some three 
miles toward Cotton Hill, where a halt was made for the 
night. A small supply of rations was drawn, which, with 
the fresh pork contributed by comrades who had remained 
behind, made an enjoyable feast. That nigb.t, wrapped in 
wet clothing and blankets, the Seventh bunked down to 
sleep on the wet ground, in chill air and under a cloudy 
sky. and in tb.e morning awoke to find that a kind Provi- 
dence had, during the night, added a blanket of about four 
inches of snow, to keep them warm. 

General Rosecrans intended and expected that General 
Benham would provide well for his command. He in- 
structed him to establish himself firmly up Loop Creek, see 
that his men were supplied with rations from three to five 
days ahead, and make them comfortable. He also sug- 
gested that while every other man carried a canteen filled 
with coffee, there should also be a good supply of whiskey 
and quinine bitters, to keep oflf malaria and mountain fever. 

However, the absence of anything like a road up Loop 



no SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

Creek, the incessant rain and raging floods rendered even 
the few pack-mules we had ahnost unsei*viceable. 

General Rosecrans was astounded when General Benham 
mentioned lack of tents, exposure, and absence of rations, 
and suggested that such of his force as lacked shelter and 
rations be withdrawn until provision could be made for 
sheltering and feeding them, little knowing that this meant 
the withdrawal of his entire command. Although General 
Rosecrans found fault with General Benham because he did 
not perform impossibilities, and even went so far as to order 
him in arrest for not obeying, and executing orders, he said 
at the close : "The troops have suffered from the climate 
severely. They have submitted to many privations with 
cheerfulness and performed their duties with alacrity." 

He also made the following report : 

"Camp GaulEy, Va., November 15, 1861. 
"I have to report that General Benham pursued the rebels 
15 miles beyond Fayette, overtook a rear guard of infantry 
and cavalry; and having no train or provisions to enable 
him to go farther, desisted from pursuit, and is returning to 
Fayette. 

"Rosecrans." 

General Benham said of the skirmish at McCoy's Mill : 

"I however soon discovered a ridge, that made out from 
our rear to the right, that commanded, at close range, the 
left of the enemy. I sent my aide to direct Lieutenant- 
Colonel Creighton with the Seventh and half of the Thirty- 
seventh Ohio . Regiments to pass down this ridge to attack 
their left. When this attack was made it was entirely suc- 
cessful, and, with the first concentrated volleys of this com- 
mand of about 750 men, uniting with the fire of the Thir- 
teenth Ohio, the whole force of the enemy retreated in con- 
fusion with the last of their wagon-train." 

General Benham thus wrote of the condition of his men 
when ordered to return from the pursuit : 



COTTON HILL AND LOOP CRKLK CAMPAIGN I I I 

"As the men were still, or more than nine-tenths of 
them, without any shelter in a most drenching rain or suc- 
cession of violent thunder showers, many without their 
blankets, which had been thrown off in the ardor of the 
chase, and as they were still standing around their fires, 
unable to sleep in the rain, upon the open ground, the 
greater part of the command, though most unwilling to 
give up the pursuit, felt that if it was so ordered that it 
would be best for themselves, after a few hours' halt (it 
could not be called rest), to retrace their steps that very 
night rather than remain standing in the cold and wet until 
morning, with only the prospect of their return. We ac- 
cordingly commenced our return (from Keton's farm, 15 
miles out from Fayette, on the road to Raleigh) soon after 
I o'clock A. M., and reaching McCoy's Mill about 4 a. m., 
we rested until 6 a. m. of the 15th, when we moved onward, 
and with a single halt the command reached this place 
(Fayette) soon after noon, being still in excellent spirits, 
their main disappointment being in not having been per- 
mitted to continue the pursuit of the rebels. We are at 
this hour partly in houses, but a great number are out in 
the open air in the village, where it is now snowing upon 
them in their bivouac, which, added to their really great ex- 
posure, will, I fear, half annihilate their effective strength. 

"I have now but to report the noble conduct of the forces 
during the most toilsome march, where through all their 
great exposure in the storm, upon the route, and in bivouac, 
without shelter against the rain or snow that fell in each of 
the last three nights, not a murmur was heard by me, but 
every duty was performed with the greatest cheerfulness 
and alacrity, and the principal officers of the command were 
worthy of the men they lead. 

"Lieut. -Col. Creighton, of the Seventh Ohio, exe- 
cuted the maneuver from our right flank which decided 
the rout at McCoy's Mill, in the most gallant style." 

"H. W. Beniiam. 
"Brig.-Gen. U. S. Vols." 



112 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 
KILLING OF COLONEL CROGHAN. 

Report of Col. William S. Smith, Thirteenth Ohio In- 
fantry : 

"We had proceeded but about 4 miles, when my skir- 
mishing company, under command of Captain Gardner, 
came suddenly upon a scouting party of the enemy's cav- 
alry, numbering 40 men. A sharp skirmish ensued, during 
which Colonel Croghan was mortally wounded. Several 
of his men, as he stated, were also wounded, though they 
escaped, leaving their horses to the number of five. 

"The Colonel was left at a farmhouse by his men, and 
treated with the utmost kindness by our assistant surgeon. 
Dr. Chase, up to near the time of his death, which took 
place at 2 p. m. on November 14, 1861." 

Gen. John B. Floyd said : 

"Near this point [McCoy's Mill] a skirmish occurred be- 
tween scouting parties, in which I am grieved to inform the 
Department, Lieut.-Col. St. George Croghan was killed. 

"Colonel Croghan was one of the most gallant officers in 
the service. His bravery and gentlemanly demeanor, which 
characterized him to his latest breath, rendered him dear to 
all who knew him. 

"His death has cast a gloom over the spirits of the entire 
army. In this no one shares more sincerely than I do. 

"John B. Floyd, 
"Brigadier-General, C. S.A., 
"Commanding Army of the Kanawha." 

UP LOOP CREEK. 
(Chicago Intcr-Ocean.) 

"General Benham was severely censured once upon a 
time because he did not go up Loop Creek, according to 
orders, and cut off Floyd's retreat from Cotton Mountain. 
People no doubt imagined that it was a very easy thing to 



COTTON HILL AND LOOP CRKLK CAMPAIGN II3 

go up Loop Creek, but then the people never had any ex- 
perience in that direction. 

''Veiy early in the first Kanawha campaign a strong de- 
tachment of troops made a reconnaissance up Loop Creek 
Valley. The march commenced at dark and was conducted 
so quietly as to give it an air of mystery. 

''The stream comes into the Kanawha through a little 
gap that is very deceiving. The boys moved along for a 
few hundred yards in high spirits. Then there was a 
stream to cross. This was Loop Creek, and shoes and 
II stockings were taken off, and barefooted the men waded 
' through the cold water in not the best of humor. A quick 
march of a few hundred yards brought them to another 
barrier of water. This was Loop Creek. The boys made 
jokes about the 'loop,' and stripping off shoes and stock- 
ings waded the stream again. A short walk and then there 
was a halt in front. What now? 'That durned old Loop 
Creek again,' said a man in front, and then the heaviest 
swearers went into action in a very spirited manner. 

"As the men stopped to take off their shoes, a Virginian 
acting as guide said. *I would not do it, men. The creek 
will be in your way all night,' and so it was. It was crossed 
thirty-six times before morning, the men wading recklessly 
through without removing shoes or stockings ; but as the 
high lands were reached the stream became smaller and 
less troublesome." 

On the 1 6th. marching over Cotton Hill to the Kanawha 
River, that night the Seventh slept upon the steamboat 
Maniiora, which carried them to Charleston the next day, 
and the Cotton Hill and Loop Creek campaign was over. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

ROMXEY AND BLUE'S GAP. 

Upon returning to Charleston the usual routine of camp 
life was resumed until November 28 and 29, when the 
regiment received its first visit from the paymaster, and 
was paid off. With the retreat of General Floyd toward 
Raleigh, the forces under General Rosecrans at Gauley 
Bridge were mainly sent to other militar}- departments, 
and on December 6 Brig.-Gen. Jacob D. Cox came to 
Charleston and assumed command. 

On the 9th the Seventh was ordered to prepare to move,, 
and on the next day. embarking upon the steamers Fort 
U'axnc and Stephen Decatur, ran down the Kanawha and 
up the Ohio River, reaching Parkersburg on the nth, about 
noon. That evening the regiment took cars over the Balti- 
more & Ohio Railroad, and after an all-night ride dropped 
off at Oakland. Md., for breakfast, then moved on to Cum- 
berland, passed Patterson Creek to Green Spring Run, and 
disembarked. 

On the 1 6th Sibley tents were drawn in lieu of the smaller 
ones we had been accustomed to, and were much enjoyed. 

ROMNEY. 

On the 17th the Seventh marched to Romney, 16 
miles away, on the South Branch of the Potomac. carr\'ing 
knapsacks, and that night were in good condition to ap- 
preciate and enjoy the thoughtful comradeship of the mem- 
bers of the Fifth Ohio Infantr>' when the\' invited us to 
coffee. 

This was Colonel Dunning's regiment from Cincinnati, 
and it was the beginning of an attachment between these 
organizations, which grew and strengthened day by day 
during the more than two years that they were brigaded 
together. They marched and fought and shed their patri- 



ROMNEV AND BLUE S GAP II5 

Otic blood together at Kemstown. Port Republic. Cedar 
Mountain. Anlietam. Dumfries. Chancellorsville. Gettys- 
burg, and on the Atlanta campaign, and together were wel- 
comed by the city of Cincinnati when they returned from 
the front in Tune. 1864. Better comrades and truer soldiers 
than the members of the Fifth Ohio Infantr\- never went to 
battle. 

Colonel Dunning was commander of the post at Romney 
with some 8.000 men of General Kelly's command, but this 
point was important only as tending to protect the B. & O. 
R. R. and threatening \Vinchester. 

Camp Tyler was established, and some of the severest 
picket guard dutA^ of the war engaged in. where infantn*-- 
men were sent out on post, in a rough and rugged country, 
from 5 to 7 miles from camp. The men were on duty every 
other day. and so far out that when relieved they were 
unable to reach camp until the afternoon. 

Romney is surrounded by mountain ranges where wild 
game abounded, as was demonstrated on the 22d. when 
James Kelly of Company E killed a fine buck while on picket, 
regardless of consequences. 

THE SKIRMISH AT BLUE's GAP. 

AH was quiet and serene on the South Branch of the 
Potomac until January- 6. 1862. when Colonel Dunning was 
directed with a part of his command to move upon the 
enemy. 

A part of the Seventh Ohio, under command of Maj. 
John S. Casement, left camp a little before midnight, and 
proceeded with the rest of the force in the direction of Win- 
chester, but as other regiments had the advance and did all 
the maneuvering and fighting, the Seventh merely went 
along as company and did not fire a g^m. Colonel Dun- 
ning made the following official report of this affair: 

"Romney. Va.. January 9. 1862. 
"General: In obedience to your orders by telegraph re- 
ceived at these headquarters January- 6. directing me to 



Il6 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

make a detail of six companies from each of the following 
regiments, Fifth Ohio, Fourth Ohio, Seventh Ohio, First 
West Virginia, Fourteenth Indiana, and by special request 
of Colonel Carroll, six companies of the E'ghth Ohio, with 
one section of Baker's Parrott guns, Daum's battery; the 
Ringgold Cavalry, the Washington Cavalry, and three com- 
panies of the First West Virginia Cavalry. Owing to sick- 
ness and large number on picket duty the response was small 
and this whole force did not exceed 2,000 men. The com- 
mand assembled about 11 p. m. and by 12.30 o'clock the 
column was in motion for its destination at Blue's Gap. 

"The fall of snow with the disagreeable and cold night 
rendered it difficult for the troops to march, but by 7 o'clock 
in the morning we reached a hill within about a mile of the 
Gap. On this hill the Parrott guns were planted, and from 
it the enemy could be seen preparing to burn the bridge. I 
then ordered the Fiftli Ohio to advance by double quick. 
The order was responded to with a shout, and in a few 
minutes the advance of the regiment was on a bluff near the 
bridge, and with a few shots compelled the rebel force to 
retire from the bridge to the Gap. The column was then 
ordered to advance rapidly on and over the bridge, and the 
Fifth Ohio was deployed up the mountain to the left and 
the Fourth Ohio to the right. 

"A sharp action then ensued, first on the left of the Gap 
and then on the right. 

"Our force pressed on, driving the enemy from the rocks 
and trees, behind which they had taken position, and to the 
top of the mountain to the left, where they were found in 
rifle-pits. A charge was ordered, but before bayonets 
could be fixed the rebels had left the rifle pits and were 
fleeing down the mountain in haste to the back of the Gap. 

"At this time the remaining detachments of infantry 
pressed through the Gap and the victory was complete. 
The cavalry was then ordered to charge, which was done 
promptly, but the enemy had by this time scattered to the 
mountains, rendering the charge of little avail. 

"The enemy left behind them 2 pieces of artillery 



romne;y and bIvUE's gap 117 

(i6-pounders, one a riHe gun), their caisson, ammunition, 
wagons, and 10 horses; also their tents, camp equipage, 
provisions, and correspondence. Seven prisoners were 
taken and 7 dead bodies were found on the field. Not one 
of my men was either killed or wounded. 

"I take pleasure in stating that our officers and men 
seemed to vie with each other in the promptness with which 
they obeyed orders, and all advanced with the bravery 
of veteran soldiers. 

"Finding the mill and hotel in the Gap were used for 
soldiers' quarters, I ordered them to be burned, which was 
done; but I am sorry to say that some straggling soldiers 
burned other unoccupied houses on the return march. 

''The force of the rebels was stated by the negroes and 
citizens at from 800 to 1,000, but their papers show that 
rations were drawn for 1,000 men. 

"We marched to the Gap, fought the battle, and returned 
to camp, (a distance of 32 miles) within 15 hours, bringing 
with us prisoners, cannon, and other captured articles. 
"Respectfully submitted, 

"S. H. Dunning, 
"Colonel Fifth Ohio Infantry, 
"Commanding post of Romney. 
"To Brig.-Gen. Kei^ly, 
"at Cumberland, Md." 

It may be proper to remark that Blue's Gap and Hanging 
Rock Pass was one and the same place, the former taking 
the name from Colonel Blue, who resided there, and the 
latter from an immense volume of rock which jutted out 
into the narrow pass, some feet above the ground, much 
like an immense bay window. 

By reason of the all-night march and broken rest, the 
distance traveled, the muscular effort necessary to enable 
one to walk over the frozen, snow-covered and very slip- 
pery road, this march to Hanging Rock Pass and back was 
so disabling to many of the soldiers who engaged in it that 
they were unable to return, and were brought into camp 
during the next 48 hours upon sleds, drawn by horses, im- 
pressed along the route for that purpose. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

I^EAVING ROMNEY. 

On January lo, 1862, the troops at Romney were ordered 
to prepare to move, and, that night, in the midst of a severe 
rain and sleet storm, they marched down the river until 
early morn, then, after a brief halt, passed through Spring- 
field to Frankfort, where coffee was made, then on to Pat- 
terson's Creek near Cumberland, and went into camp. 

This camp was located on low ground saturated with 
water, and not only became very muddy but materially im- 
paired the health of the command. Brig.-Gen. F. W. 
Lander had been given command of the troops recently 
operating at Romney and charged with the repairing and 
protection of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. His com- 
mand was also increased by the addition of new regiments 
just arriving at the seat of war, and among them the 
Twenty-ninth and Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry, with which 
the Seventh was brigaded and camped, marched, and fought 
for more than two years, in some of the most important 
campaigns and battles of that great war. The usual rou- 
tine of camp life prevailed until January 28, when part of 
the Seventh Ohio and Seventh Indiana Regiments ran down 
by rail to the South Branch of the Potomac and confiscated 
and brought back one thousand bushels of corn. 

On February 5 the Third Brigade of Lander's division, 
under command of Col. E. B. Tyler, moved by rail some 
twelve miles to French's store, disembarked, and went into 
bivouac as if to remain during the night, but after dark was 
again set in motion, the Seventh having the advance, and 
marching by a mountain road, then up the Little Cacapon 
River a distance of 15 miles, after daylight halted near the 
Winchester turnpike, while the cavalry scouted toward 
Romney, to learn that General Jackson's forces had evacu- 
ated that place some days before and retired to Winchester. 



LEAVING ROMNEY 1 19 

While waiting for the cavahy to return, many of the sol- 
diers were so worn and exhausted by the all-night march 
that, regardless of the sleet storm then prevailing, they sank 
down upon the ground and slept for hours, until their cloth- 
ing froze to the earth, requiring some effort to get the same 
loosened, when the brigade resumed the return march. 
General Lander on this date (February 6) said: 

"Romney is ours again. Advance guard at Little 
Cacapon. Colonel Gavin of the Seventh Indiana and Act- 
ing Brig.-Gen. Tyler, of the Third Brigade, are entitled to 
commendation for energy and vigor. A cold sleet storm is 
prevailing." 

This fruitless raid being over, this force moved down 
Little Cacapon until night, then bivouacked upon a farm in 
the little valley, where a couple of good-sized ricks of 
unthreshed wheat, yet in sheaf, provided excellent material 
for dry warm beds that were luxurious. 

The next day this command moved on until it reached a 
large plateau with various names, such as Pine Levels, 
Philip's Cross-Roads, Breezy Heights, Camp Starvation, 
etc., where the Third Brigade bivouacked in the open for 
the space of 6 days, exposed to snow, extreme cold and 
high winds, without the semblance of any shelter whatever 
save roughly arranged sheds made of poles and covered 
with pine and cedar boughs, before which immense pine- 
wood fires were kept blazing all night long in order that 
some sleep might be obtained. With the exception of picket 
duty the entire command gave its time during the day to 
the collection of fuel for the night, and it would now be 
interesting to know how many acres of pine forest the 
Third Brigade burned while stationed there. 

Great was our joy when orders came on the 13th to 
march to Pawpaw on the railroad, where the brigade 
halted that night. 

On this date also General Lander decided to surprise an 
outpost of the enemy at Bloomery Gap. between Pawpaw 
and Winchester, and that night, bridging and crossing the 



120 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

Big Cacapon River at early daylight, he closed in upon 
Bloomery, when, fearing that his infantry would not get up 
before the enemy escaped, away he went at the head of his 
staff and escort, making the most gallant sort of an attack 
with almost miraculous success. It is proper to state here 
that Lieut. J. B. Molyneaux of the Seventh went along upon 
this occasion at the request of the General, as a volunteer 
aide, and participated in the lively proceedings. 

General Lander made the following report of this affair 
on the date of its occurrence : 

"Pawpaw, February 14, 1862, 8 p. m. 

"Had an important forced reconnaissance last night, 
completed to-day. Broke up the rebel nest at Bloomery 
Gap. Ran down and caught 17 commissioned officers, 
among them colonels, lieutenant-colonel, captain, etc. En- 
gaged them with 400 cavalry. Infantry not near enough to 
support, and enemy retiring. In all, 65 prisoners; killed, 
13. Lost 2 men and 6 horses at their first fire. Led the 
charge in person. 

"It was a complete surprise. 

"Major Frothingham is entitled to credit for building, 
under my direction, in four hours, in the dead of night, a 
complete bridge of wagons across the Great Cacapon at an 
unfrequented road. Two columns of 2,000 men marched 
32, one column 43 miles since 4 p. m. yesterday, besides 
bridging the river. 

"As the work entrusted to me may be regarded done and 
the enemy out of this department, I most earnestly request 
to be relieved. If not relieved, I must resign. My health 
is too much broken to do any severe work. 

"F. W. Lander, 



"To Maj.-Gen. McClEELAN.' 



'Brig.-Gen. 



pawpaw. 



On the 14th camp equipage arrived, when tents were 
pitched and camp established. 



LEAVING ROMNEY 121 

On the 19th General Lander, in a message to Secretary 
of War Stanton, said : 

"I congratulate you on the earnestness and energy of the 
Western troops under my command. They have suffered 
every hardship and made no complaints. God bless them! 
If I could evade the army rules and furnish them with a set 
of cooking utensils such as men can carry upon their backs, 
which I have so extensively used in the Rocky Mountains, 
we should have fewer sick men and dispense with lumber- 
ing trains. 

"Beef cattle, sugar and coffee, and three tablespoons of 
flour to a man are all that is required for a ten days' march. 
Nothing but my experience in mountain life has caused this 
army to move in the way it has. Neither the roads nor the 
enemy have been an obstacle. Give me, sir, men and means 
and orders to go on, and hold me strictly responsible for 
failure. I am never so sick as when I cannot move.'' 

With a view to ordering General Lander to move from 
Pawpaw through Bloomery Gap to Winchester, he was re- 
(juested to state how many additional troops he would re- 
quire, when, in his characteristic and gallant way, he re- 
plied: "I would like 4,000 infantry; but, if you cannot 
spare them, order me to take Winchester and burn it. I am 
confident I can do it with what I have." 

On the 22d General Lander reviewed his command at 
Pawpaw, while his batteries fired a national salute. 

On the 26th General Marcy, chief of staff to General 
AlcClellan, said to General Lander : "The present intention 
of the General commanding is for you to march by Bloom- 
ery, and I would think it advisable for you to make all your 
preliminary arrangements accorilingly." 

Because of this message, on March ist, Colonel Tyler 
was ordered to move his brigade to Bloomery Gap. and left 
camp that afternoon, crossing the Big Cacapon River and 
going into bivouac in a pine forest upon the slope of Shen- 
andoah Mountain, from whence he was, the next day, or- 
dered back to Pawpaw, in a snowstorm. 



122 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

The following reports are self-explanatory: 

"Camp Chase, Pawpaw, Va., March 2, 1862. 

"General McCeElean : General Lander is very ill. It 
is the opinion of the brigade surgeons, Bryant and Robin- 
son, his attending physicians, that he is unfit to lead an army 
in the field to-day ; that he may be unfit to do so for many 
days. By his command I ordered General Tyler's brigade 
of five regiments to advance and hold Bloomery Gap by a 
road leading up grade 4 miles from here, and crossing Great 
Cacapon by a bridge laid on wagons 7 miles from here, and 
Colonel Mason, chief of artillery, to move with his support 
of two regiments; Tyler's train, with eight companies of 
cavalry to Bloomery Gap by the grade, crossing the ford 
near Bloomery, and report to General Tyler. They started 
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and at 1 1 last night, when, 
from the report of the physicians, I was assured that General 
Lander could not move with the main body to-day, I or- 
dered a halt. 

"This order found General Tyler at the wagon bridge, 
Colonel Mason 10 miles from this on the Pawpaw grade. 
The advance moved with tents and knapsacks. They had 
rubber shirts, three days' subsistence in haversacks and ten 
on wagons, 100 rounds of ammunition to the infantry, 200 
to the artillery. 

"The main body was to have moved to-day in the same 
way. I can carry out General Lander's plan of moving on 
Martinsburg, and from reconnaissances, spies, and deserters 
am satisfied we shall meet no enemy worth notice, nor an 
advance from Winchester ; but there is no one here capable 
of filling in any respect Lander's place, and I have read your 
two dispatches of yesterday, and would respectfully ask 
whether Lander's proposed plan is to be carried out or 
whether the movement is to be by railroad, for which we 
have sufficient transportation. Lander has so much deter- 
mination and energy that he may rise from his sick bed to- 



I^EAVING ROMNEY I23 

day and take command, but I feel it my duty to lay these 
facts before you and abide the consequences. 

"S. F. Barstow, 
"Assistant Adjutant-General." 

"Camp Chase, Pawpaw, Va., March 2. 1862 — i p. m. 
"Gknkral McClellan : General Lander has been sleep- 
ing under the influence of morphine for twenty hours. A 
heavy snowstorm has set in and if I do not receive orders 
for the contrary, from Washington by 2 p. m. on this day, 
I shall order Tyler and Mason back to camp, that their com- 
mands may not be exposed to storms. 

"S. F. Barstow, 
"Assistant Adjutant-General." 

"Pawpaw, March 2, 1862. 
"Governor Chase, 

"Secretary of the Treasury : 
"General Lander died at 5 o'clock this afternoon without 
suffering. 

"I should regret that so firm and valiant a friend heard 
of the sad news from anv one but 

"S. F. Barstow." 

On March 3 the Seventh Ohio Infantry had the post of 
honor in escorting the remains of General Lander to the 
train which bore them to Washington. 

Maj.-Gen. George B. McClellan, as commander-in-chief 
of the Army of the Potomac, paid the following tribute to 
the memory of General Lander : 

"The operations of Brig.-Gen. F. W. Lander on the upper 
Potomac during the months of January and February. 
1862, frustrated the attempts of General Jackson against 
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Cumberland, etc., and 
obliged him to fall back to Winchester. His constitution 
was impaired by the hardships he had experienced, and on 
the second of March the fearless General Lander expired, 
a victim to the excessive fatigue of the campaign." 



CHAPTER XV. 

FROM PAWPAW TO WINCHKSTHR. 

General McClellan having decided to take additional 
measures to secure the reopening of the Baltimore & Ohio 
Railroad, crossed General Banks's division at Harper's 
Ferry on February 26, sending a strong reconnaissance to 
Charlestown the next day, and, under its protection, went 
there himself. 

On the 28th he sent orders to General Lander at Pawpaw, 
to move at once to Martinsburg, but there must have been 
some confusion at General Lander's headquarters, because 
we have seen how a part of his force, as late as March i, 
was ordered to move to Bloomery Gap, in quite another 
direction. However, as soon as General McClellan, on the 
2d, learned of the serious illness of General Lander, the 
emergency being great, he assigned Brig.-Gen. James 
Shields to the command of Lander's division, and the next 
day instructed Col. Nathan Kimball of the Fourteenth In- 
fantry to move the command to Martinsburg without un- 
necessary delay, where General Shields would join him. 

At Pawpaw, on March 6, the Seventh was again paid 
off, and on the 7th "ponchos" (oil-cloth pieces from which 
shelter-tents could be constructed) were drawn. On March 
8th President Lincoln issued War Order No. 2, providing 
for the formation of Army Corps, by which Banks's 
and Shields's divisions were to constitute the Fifth Army 
Corps, to be commanded by Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks. On 
that date also, the Seventh went by rail to Sleepy Run and 
the next day to Cherry Run and Back Creek, where the 
railroad bridges had been destroyed by the enemy in Jan- 
uary, 1862, and were being rebuilt. 

On the nth the whole command, carrying knapsacks, 
marched on the railroad track to Martinsburg, arriving 
about 3 p. M., where the wreckage of many locomotives and 



FROM PAWPAW To WINCHESTER 125 

cars attracted attention. To tliose who looked upon that 
destructive scene the following- extract from Major Dab- 
ney's ''Life of Stonewall Jackson" will be of interest : 

"On June 19, 1861, Colonel Jackson moved north of 
Martinsburg- to observe the movements of General Patter- 
son. On this expedition he was ordered by General John- 
ston to destroy the locomotives and cars of the Baltimore 
Railroad at ^lartinsburg. At this village there were vast 
workshops and depots for the construction and repair of 
these cars; and more than forty of the finest locomotives, 
with three hundred burden cars, were now destroyed. A 
number of locomotives and cars were drawn along the 
turnpike roads by long trains of horses to Winchester and 
thence to the Central Virginia Railroad. Colonel Jackson 
said : 'It was a sad work ; but I had my orders, and my 
duty was to obey.' " 

Lieut-Col. Creighton, who always took pride in his 
regiment, never omitted an opportunity to parade the 
streets with band playing and colors flying, and this was 
done at Alartinsburg, with fine effect, when the Seventh 
passed through and took the pike for Winch.ester, bivouack- 
ing two miles out at Big Spring. 

The crossing of the Union troops at Harper's Ferry and 
their advance to Charlestown was regarded by Gen. Joseph 
E. Johnston, in command of the Southern army about Cen- 
terville and ^Manassas, as a great flanking movement against 
his position, instead of a simple movement for the protec- 
tion of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and on the 8th and 
9th he gathered up his entire command of many thousands 
of men, needlessly destroyed quantities of accumulated sup- 
plies, and hastened toward Culpeper, taking post behind the 
Rappahannock. General Jackson, at Winchester, with 
more deliberation, yet with the liveliest regret, also prepared 
to fall back to ]\Iount Jackson, and upon the approach of 
General Banks's division left the gateway to the Shenan- 
doah Valley, on the nth. after having been compelled by 
the adverse judgment of his officers to forego a night at- 



126 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

tack upon General Hamilton's brigade, which occupied the 
town the next day. 

On the I2th Shields's division, under its new commander, 
moved up to within three miles of Winchester and 
bivouacked until the baggage arrived, in what became Camp 
Shields, and the next day the General made the following 
report to Washington : 

"I beg leave to report that I was able to bring 7,000 men 
here yesterday, and have upwards of 4,000 more en route 
to this point. The command is an efficient one and is able 
to do efficient service. I reported as ordered, to Maj.-Gen. 
Banks." 

The following is the roster of Shields's division of the 
Fifth Army Corps at that time : 

"Headquarters Shieeds's Division, Fieth Army Corps, 

"Near Winchester, Va., March 17, 1862. 
"Brig.-Gen. S. Wieeiams, 

"Assistant Adjutant-General : 
"I have the honor to report the following as the present 
strength and condition of my command : 

FIRST BRIGADE. 

Colonel Nathan Kimball, Commanding. 

For Aggre- 
Diity. gate. 

14th Indiana Infantry, Lieut.-Col. Harrow, 744 908 

4th Ohio Infantry, Colonel John S. Mason, 397 992 

8th Ohio Infantry, Colonel S. S. Carroll, 476 852 

7th West Virginia Infantry, Colonel Evans, * 861 

67th Ohio Infantry, Colonel Bustenbinder, 587 896 

84th Pennsylvania Infantry, Colonel Murray, 503 1,023 

2,707 5-53^ 
SECOND BRIGADE. 

Colonel J. C. Suli^ivan, Commanding. 

For Aggre- 
Duty. gate. 

Sth Ohio Infantry, Lieut.-Col. Patrick, 821 918 

62nd Ohio Infantry, Colonel F. B. Pond, 854 948 

*0n duty as Railroad Guard. 



FROM PAWPAW TO WINCHESTER 12/ 

For Aggrc- 
Dtity gate. 

66th Ohio Infantry, Colonel Charles Candy, 730 892 

13th Indiana Infantry, Lieut. -Col. Foster 632 848 

39th Illinois Infantry,' Colonel T. O. Osborn, 550 788 

3,587 4.3<M 
THIRD BRIGADE. 

Colonel E. B. Tyler, Commanding. 

For Aggre- 
Duty. gate. 

7th Ohio Infantry, Lieut. -Col. Creighton, 659 886 

29th Ohio Infantry, Colonel Buckley, 696 893 

7th Indiana, Colonel Gavin 716 961 

1st West Virginia Infantry, Colonel Thoburn 674 891 

iioth Pennsylvania Infantry, Colonel Lewis, 462 670 

Andrew's Sharp-Shooters, 48 96 



3,255 4,397 
ARTILLERY CORPS. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Daum, Commanding. 

For Aggrc- 
Duty. gate. 
Battery E, 4th U. S. Light Art., Captain Clark, (6 guns, 

lo-pounder. Parrotts.), 109 121 

Battery H, ist Ohio Light Art., Captain Huntington, (6 

guns, 6-pounder rifled.) 124 144 

Battery L. ist Ohio Light Art., Captain Robinson, (6 guns, 

4 6-pounder smooth-bore; 2 12-pounder, howitzers.), .. 128 150 
Battery A, ist Va. Light Art., Lieutenant Jenks, (6 guns, 

4 lo-pounder Parrotts; 2 6-poundcr brass.), 119 132 

Battery B. ist Va. Light Art., Captain Davey, (2 guns, 
lO-pounder Parrotts ; i gun 4th Ohio Inf., 12-pounder 

brass, smooth-bore.), 128 14S 

Total, 27 guns. 

608 69s 

CAVALRY CORPS. 

For Aggre- 
Duty. gate. 

1st Virginia Cavalry, Major Chamberlain, 484 636 

1st Battalion Penna. Cav., \ n ^ ■ t x^ c 

1st Squadron Ohio Cav., \ ^^P*'"*'" J" ^^^^^ ^'^ 469 

698 1,105 
Total for duty, 10,835 and 2"] guns. 
Total aggregate, 16,123. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

the; battle; oe' ke;rnstown, or Winchester. 

On March i8, 1862, under orders from Brig.-Gen. Al- 
pheus S. Williams, commander of the First Division, and 
temporarily in command of the Fifth Army Corps, Shields's 
division moved through Winchester on the road to Stras- 
burg. Out near Middletown, some 13 miles distant, the 
advance encountered Ashby's cavalry, who fled, and burned 
behind them the fine bridge across Cedar Creek 3 miles 
north of Strasburg, where the command bivouacked for 
the night. The next morning, a temporary bridge having 
been constructed, this force moved on to Strasburg, where 
the entire day was actively spent in scouting, skirmishing, 
and artillery practice, without serious results. Here the 
Seventh drew the fire of Ashby's guns, and was introduced 
to screaming shot and bursting shell, with which they were 
to become more familiar later on. 

That night the division went to rest in and about the 
town and the next day, in the midst of rain and mud, step- 
ped back 21 miles to Camp Shields again. Although the 
elements were against us upon this return, march, Lieut.- 
Col. Creighton caused the band to play lively airs, and when 
he reached Winchester the Seventh paraded through the 
streets as if in holiday attire, much to the surprise of the 
men of the First Division on duty there, who greeted us 
with shouts of approval and generous applause. The next 
day all was serene, and General Banks reported to General 
McClellan as follows : 

"General Shields has driven the enemy to Mount Jackson, 
20 miles south of Strasburg. He fled before our troops, 
burning the bridges in his march." 

However, on the 22d Col. Turner S. Ashby, who com- 
manded the cavalry then serving under Stonewall Jackson, 



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March 23d, 1862 



RATTLR Ol' KKKNSTOWN, OR WINCIIKSTICR I29 

reappeared, and made an attack upon the outposts below 
Winchester, of whicli General Shields said: 

"On the 22d about 5 o'clock p. m., Ashby's cavalry at- 
tacked and drove in some of our pickets. By order of Gen- 
eral Banks I put my command under arms and pushed for- 
ward one brigade and two batteries of artillery to drive back 
the enemy, but to keep him deceived as to our strength, only 
bt him see two regiments of infantry, a small body of cav- 
alry, and part of our artillery. While directing one of our 
batteries to its position, I was struck by a fragment of shell 
v.'hich fractured my left arm above the elbow, bruised my 
shoulder, and injured my side. The enemy being driven 
from his position, we withdrew to Winchester." 

As a precautionary measure, however, the First and Sec- 
ond Brigades with Daum's artillery were pushed forward 
nearly three miles, on the Strasburg pike, making the re- 
quisite dispositions, while the Third Brigade was held in 
reserve in the suburbs of ^^'inchester. 

On Sunday morning, the 23d, this brigade returned to 
camp but under instructions to be ready to fall in at a mo- 
ment's notice. Some of the men, "scenting the battle from 
afar," were busy writing brief messages to their loved ones, 
when the sound of Ashby's guns again fell upon their ears. 

Near 11 o'clock a. m. the bugler sounded "Fall in." the 
five regiments were soon in readiness, and with the Seventh 
Ohio leafling. Colonel Tyler's brigade moved to the front. 

In passing through Winchester the windows, porches, and 
even trees and housetops were seen occupied by the citizens 
(whose sympathies were strongly with the attacking force), 
with their anxious faces turned toward Kernstown, from 
whence the sullen boom of distant artillery was now fre- 
f|uently heard. 

Upon reaching the field the brigade halted some distance 

in the rear of Colonel Daum's batteries, posted along a 

ndge, from which they were replying to the enemy's guns. 

Here the Seventh Ohio and Seventh Indiana Regiments 

9 



130 SKVKNTH re;giment OHIO voluntee:r infantry 

were detached as the artillery support. Colonel Nathan 
Kimball, who assumed command when General Shields was 
wounded, said : 

"We had succeeded in driving- the enemy from both 
flanks and the front until about 4 o'clock p. m., when Jack- 
son, with the whole of his infantry, supported by artillery 
and cavalry, took possession of the hill on the right, and 
planted his batteries in commanding position, and opened a 
heavy and well-directed fire upon our batteries and their 
supports, attracting our attention whilst he attempted to 
gain our right flank with his infantry. 

"At this juncture I ordered the Third Brigade, Col. E. 
B. Tyler, Seventh Ohio, commanding, to move to the right 
to gain the flank of the enemy, and charge through the wood 
to their batteries posted on a hill. This brigade moved for- 
ward steadily and gallantly, opening a galling fire on the 
enemy's infantry." 

Colonel Tyler said : 

"At about 4 o'clock Colonel Kimball ordered me to pro- 
ceed with my command down a ravine to the rear of a piece 
of woods on our right, and thence along the woods to the 
rear of a point on the enemy's left flank, where he had a 
battery of two pieces planted. I succeeded in reaching the 
enemy's rear unperceived by him, but found him in large 
force, and on the eve of attempting a flank movement simi- 
lar to ours to capture Robinson's battery. 

"Our front was within musket range of him when he 
opened on us, and with such force that I immediately or- 
dered up my reserve. His position was a strong one, and 
stubbornly maintained for a time, but he was at length 
forced to fall back before the incessant and well-directed 
fire of our men. He was protected in front by a stone fence 
while our only breastworks were the scattered trees of the 
woods, and a small natural embankment, and the fact that 
all of his killed and wounded in that locality were struck in 
the head speaks in stronger terms than I can use of the skill 
of our men as marksmen. 



BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER I3I 

"After my brigade had thus bravely stood their ground 
for at least an hour, other regiments came up, when the 
complete rout of the enemy was effected, he leaving for me 
2 pieces of artillery (i iron 12-pounder and i brass 
6-pounder) with caissons, and all his dead and wounded. 
Both men and officers of my command fought with most 
commendable bravery and determination, and are entitled 
to special mention. The colors of the Seventh Ohio were 
struck by 28 balls, one cari-ying away the crescent of the 
spearhead, another breaking the staff. To Acting Assistant 
Adj. -Gen. E. S. Quay and Aide-de-camp Henry Z. Eaton, 
of my staff, I am greatly indebted for the prompt perform- 
ance of their respective duties.'' 

The Seventh Ohio had the right and led the Third Bri- 
gade in this battle, where its losses were quite perceptibly 
heavier than that of any other regiment in it. 

As we approached the enemy Sergeant Llew. R. Davis of 
Company A was sent forward as a scout to locate the 
enemv, and did so gallantly and effectively, for which he 
was given a commission. 

Lieut. -Col. Creighton's horse was struck by a bullet, and 
becoming unmanageable dashed toward the enemy, when 
his rider dexterously sprang from the saddle, thereby avoid- 
ing capture. He then picked up the gun of a disabled sol- 
dier and fought in the ranks until the order came to charge, 
when away he went abreast of the liveliest and best of his 
men. 

Major Casement sat his horse like a statue, several bul- 
lets passing through his clothing, but doing no harm, while 
Colonel Tvler. although commanding the brigade, took posi- 
tion near In's regiment regardless of danger. 

Wilder of Company C, said : 

"In the course of the action. Day, Dickinson, and 
Worcester [of that company], to secure good shots, made 
their wav around nearly to the rear of the enemy. Here 
\\'orcester received his mortal wouufl. Lieutenant Junkins 
of General Jackson's staff, losing his way. Sergeant Day 



132 SE:vENTH regiment OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

and an Indiana corporal beckoned him hitherward, captured 
and delivered him up as a prisoner of war. Orderly Dan- 
forth was killed in the first volley." 

At dusk the battle of Kernstown ended, and the victors 
bivouacked upon the field, in the midst of the dead and 
dying and suffering, where great fires were built and 
around which the wounded were gathered, and made as 
comfortable as possible, in the open, on a damp frosty night 
in March. 

Stonewall Jackson having been misled by the statements 
of his cavalry commander, Colonel Ashby, in reference to 
the number of Union troops at Winchester, hastened with 
all dispatch to return to make the attack at Kernstown, 
where, after a determined struggle from behind stone walls, 
favorably located, he was signally defeated, and pursued 
the next day, to beyond Strasburg, made the following re- 
port : 

"As the enemy had been sending off troops and from 
what I could learn were still doing so, and having a pros- 
pect of success, I engaged him yesterday about 3 p. m. near 
Winchester, and fought until dusk ; but his forces were so 
superior to mine that he repulsed me with the loss of valu- 
able officers and men killed and wounded; but from the 
obstinacy with which our troops fought and from their ad- 
vantageous position I am of the opinion that his loss was 
greater than mine in troops, but I lost i piece of artillery 
and 3 caissons. Shields appears to have had 17 regiments 
of infantry. I heard he had much less when I made the 
attack." 

When General Johnston, then commanding the Depart- 
ment of Northern Virginia, read the above, he said : "He 
evidently attacked the enemy under a misapprehension as to 
his force." 

In his initial report of the battle of Kernstown. General 
Shields estimated the force of the enemy at about 15,000, 
under Jackson, Smith and Longstreet ; but as neither Smith 



BATTI.E OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER 1 33 

nor Longstreet was present, it is found, according to the 
ofticial reports, that General Jackson had, in this engage- 
ment, but 2.742 men, and 18 pieces of artillery, while ac- 
cording to General Shields his own force amounted to 8,000 
men. with about the same number of cannon as were used 
by the enemy. 

The casualties reported in the Seventh Ohio were 20 
killed. 62 wounded, and 10 missing; but as 9 of the missing 
reported for duty, there was but i man captured, making 
the total loss 83.* Sergt.-Maj. Webb was among the killed. 
The total loss in Shields's division was 118 killed, 450 
wounded, and 13 missing; total, 581. General Jackson re- 
ported 80 killed. 375 wounded, and 263 missing; total. 718. 

The following is self-explanatory : 

"Resolved, by the Congress of the Confederate States of 
America, That the thanks of Congress are due. and they 
are hereby tendered, to Maj.-Gen. T. J. Jackson and the 
officers and men under his command for their gallant and 
meritorious service in the successful engagement with a 
greatly superior force of the enemy, near Kernstown, 
Frederick County, Virginia, on the 23d day of March, 
1862." — Published in General Orders No. 37 by Gen. 
Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding Department of Northern 
Virginia. 

Such is history. 

The follow'ing is an account, as nearly as possible in his 
own words, of the first battle of Winchester, as it was seen 
and participated in by Corpl. Selden A. Day, of Co. C. It is 
also a record of the capture of Lieutenant Junkin, brother- 
in-law and staff officer of Stonewall Jackson. For this 
achievement, coupled with Corporal Day's gallantry at 
Cedar Mountain and Port Republic (where he was wounded 
in both legs), he was recommended for promotion and ap- 
pointed by President Lincoln to be second lieutenant of 
artillery in the Regular Army. He did credit and honor to 
the selection, was wounded a number of times, but remained 

*See Casualty List, p. 632. 



134 SKVKNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTKKR INFANTRY 

continuously on duty through the civil and Spanish wars. 
He was retired after nearly 42 years' active service as lieu- 
tenant-colonel, afterward being raised by law to the rank of 
colonel. 

"the; battivD of winche;ste;r, march 22, 23, 1862. 

"Shields's division had been left by Banks at Winchester, 
Va., to hold the place. Stonewall Jackson, learning that 
Banks had gone east, came down the valley from Strasburg 
and made the attack on Shields, south of the town of Win- 
chester, so that the battle is spoken of by Virginians and 
known in Southern history as the battle of Kernstown, while 
by the Northern soldiers and writers it is always spoken of 
as the first battle of Winchester, which fact has caused some 
historical confusion. 

"This was the only fight in which Stonewall Jackson was 
ever worsted. He was killed accidentally by his own men, 
the following year, during his brilliant operations at Chan- 
cellorsville. 

"On March 22, our regiment, the Seventh Ohio Infantry, 
moved out of camp with the brigade into position to cover 
the town. There was some cavalry skirmishing and an ar- 
tillery duello going on at the time, which ceased at sun- 
down, and we bivouacked in position on the field that night, 
which I remember was very cold, from which we suffered 
greatly, the ground being frozen under us. 

"Sunday morning, the 23d, the fighting was renewed 
with frequent lulls and ominous silences which plainly indi- 
cated maneuvering — perhaps on both sides — for advantage 
in position. . The artillery firing was resumed along a road 
near a church to the left of where our brigade waited in 
position. After a time we moved over to the left to support 
a battery there engaged. This duty was the most trying of 
all that day's hard work. 

"As we stood in line behind the hill on which the battery 
was posted, frequent shots would come over and cut through 
our ranks. Colonel Tyler of the Seventh Ohio, command- 
ing the brigade, sat on his horse waiting for developments 



BATIXK OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER 135 

and further orders, lie was calm, cool, and patient. I 
noticed, however, that he was pale, and that he too was feel- 
ing the strain of inaction under the trying circumstances. 
After a while an aide rode up to him from the left and front 
and evidently delivered an order. The Colonel, when the 
staff-oflicer had ridden away, turned to his command, and 
in a low but far-reaching voice said, 'Boys, put on your 
bayonets;' adding, "you will need them.' 

"The answer to this command must have been gratifying 
to the leader who gave it, as mingled with the clatter of fix- 
ing bayonets a shout of exultation went up from every man 
in the ranks. The terrible strain of inaction and waiting 
under tire was over. Column was quickly formed to ll.v 
right and we marched over in that direction, where double 
column on the center was afterward formed facing the 
front, and the advance taken up. 

"The invisible guns in front of us were still firing to our 
left at the batteries we had been supporting. Steadily and 
in silence the brigade moved forward in double column for 
some distance as if upon the drill-ground. Then coming 
into a patch of woods, and commencing the descent of a 
gentle slope, we saw the smoke of the guns through the 
trees in front of us, on an elevation beyond a stone wall, 
over which the fire of musketry began to Hash. Instantly 
the artillery Avas also turned upon us and we got the order, 
clear and distinct, from our commander, 'Charge bayonets !' 
A rush forward down the slope amongst the trees followed. 
As the musketry from the wall in front and the canister and 
shells from the elevation beyond began to tell in our ranks, 
they were soon broken up and the advance ceased. All be- 
gan firing without orders, and after that very few orders 
could be heard at all. C and F of the Seventli Ohio being 
liie rigiit and left center companies, formed the first or 
leading division of the regiment and brigade, and I, being a 
coqMjral in Company C, was of course in the front rank. 

"When the advance ceased I found myself near the bot- 
foni of the hill, but could .still see the top of the stone wall 
ahead of us, on the slope of the opposite elevation, above 



136 SKVENTH RKGIMKNT OHIO VOIvUNTe:e;r INFANTRY 

which were bobbing heads and flashing rifles. More Con- 
federates were running up to it through the grove beyond. 
Conspicuous amongst these was an officer on a white horse 
gallantly directing the movements. Some of us singled 
him out as a target and he was soon brought down. 

"Men were falling all around me, and glancing backward 
I saw that the slope of the hill was barely sufficient to en- 
able the men in the rear to fire safely over the heads of those 
of us in the front. A sergeant of Company H fell near me, 
shot through the neck, and I was quite sure it was done 
from the rear. After my second or third shot at the row 
of heads above the wall in front of us, as I threw up my rifle 
to reload, the bayonet went spinning away over my head, 
shot off near the shank. I replaced it quickly, taking the 
one from the musket of the sergeant who lay gasping at my 
feet, and replacing the stub of my own in its scabbard as 
far as it would go. I thought, even then, what a nice 
souvenir it would be when the war was over. It dropped 
out, however, later, and was lost. 

"Standing on the slope of the hill down which we had 
come and firing as fast as I could, having loaded my mus- 
ket, I was holding it at the balance, in my left hand, while 
feeling for a cap in the little wool-lined cap-box on my belt 
(we were using the old Harper's Ferry muzzleloaders at 
that time), and something struck me on the left arm near 
the shoulder. My gun dropped from the paralyzed hand and 
I saw that the overcoat was torn and blackened. As I 
grasped the injured arm with my available hand, Sterry, of 
Company C, who was standing beside me and firing away, 
said with a smile, as if it were a good joke, 'You have got 
it, haven't you?' 'Yes,' I said, and finding that the place 
was scarcely bleeding, only bruised, added, 'but not very 
bad.' This souvenir, however, was destined to stay with 
me. 

"Just then an order came to 'deploy,' and though I be- 
longed in the center with my company had there remained 
any ranks or formation, in which case I should have stood 
fast, something was shouted about 'the left' and I picked up 



BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER I37 

my gun from the ground cuul ran in that direction. At a 
sliort distance a few of us climbed over a fence into an open 
field, but as no more came over I went back to the hollow 
in the woods, from the bottom of which I could see nothing 
of the enemy. The air above our heads in the hollow 
seemed full of projectiles going in opposite directions. I 
crei)l cautiously up the hill until I could sec well over the 
bit)w, and at one place the slope of the hill beyond, over 
which more of the enemy were hurrying to the front to re- 
inforce those at the wall and be themselves sheltered as 
well. 

"I fired quickly into the advancing men and fell forward 
on to the slope for shelter while I reloaded. This maneuver 
I repeated several times, advancing a little before each 
shot, until I was near the wall, a little below the brow of 
the hill. At the last advance — on hands and knees — I 
noticed a short distance farther on and close to the wall, 
fifteen or twenty feet from it perhaps, a low ledge of rock 
jutting from the ground, ten or twelve inches above the 
surface. It iiad a shallow^ §T-ilb' washed out along the side 
tliagonally. next to me, which I thought would afiford some 
shelter from the enemy could I reach it. A brier-bush grew 
near one end of the rock, which would also serve to screen 
me from the sight of those behind the wall. Accordingly. 
I crept carefully forward and got into this natural rifle-pit. 
Though the height of the rock and the depth of the depres- 
sion were scarcely sufficient to shelter my body when lying 
flat, the friendly brier-bush screened me from view from the 
front, and here, with comparative safety. I emptied 
my cartridge-box. enfilading the line behind the wall 
down the hill to the right of my position. While 
doing this my greatest danger seemed to be from the 
rear, as the jutting rock only afforded some little shelter 
trom the front, while the depression gave almost none from 
the op])osite direction. Bullets from the rear tore up the 
ground all around me. 

"While firing down the line, turning on my back to re- 
load each time. T noticed that a fine-looking young fellow 



138 SEVENTH RDGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNT^HR INT^ANTRY 

whom I did not know, from some other company, had 
crawled up as near to me as he could get, within arm's 
length, but not so well sheltered as I. He was firing away 
as fast as he could. I looked at him as he was loading his 
gun and preparing for another shot, when he said to me, 
'Isn't it fun?' I did not reply, and when I looked at him 
next he was dead. 

"Having emptied my cartridge-box and put the last load 
in my gun, I crawled feet foremost into the depression 
where Colonel Tyler and some of the other officers were try- 
ing to form a line to renew the charge. Here I replenished 
my cartridges from the boxes of the dead lying about, but 
before falling in, as I was ordered to do, I ran up the hill 
until I could see over the brow as before, and then noticed 
that the enemy down to the right were breaking away from 
their position. 

Previously, while lying on the hill, I had witnessed two 
distinct charges on that part of the field, our men endeavor- 
ing to carry the wall. They were now making a third at- 
tempt. A few had gotten over, others were running up 
cheering, and the enemy were leaving, dodging behind wood- 
piles, that part of the field having been mostly cleared of 
Its trees, and getting away as best they could, firing as they 
ran. Seeing this, instead of lying down after firing or go- 
mg back to the ranks, as I should perhaps have done, I 
waved my cap to those behind and shouted, 'We have got 
them started ! Come on, come on !' and those of us nearest 
made a rush for the wall. 

"As soon as I was over the wall I fired at some men a 
few yards to the right, who were still hugging it for shelter. 
While reloading, immediately after, Dixon and Worcester, 
of Company C, came up and we all hastily shook hands, 
swearing that we would 'stick together' as we started on 
following up the retreating enemy, who singly and in 
squads were firing at us while dodging behind the wood- 
piles or running to a fence at the bottom of another wooded 
hill, some two or three hundred yards away, on which the 
battery was posted. 



BATTLE OE KKRNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER I39 

"While crossing- the open field, Major Casement of the 
Seventh Ohio rode up from the right along the line. He 
had crossed the wall down there, and, outstripping the nim- 
blest of his men on his beautiful little sorrel mare, he dashed 
up in front of us, and full of fire and enthusiasm, waving 
his sword, he shouted, 'Who will go with me into that bat- 
tery?" 'We will!' was the reply. 'Come on, then, said 
the Major, as he urged his horse off to the front and left, 
taking the battery in tiank as he entered the grove and rode 
up the hill. 

"He was not wounded in that fight, that I remember, but 
as he spoke to us 1 noticed the wadding of the cape he wore 
was sticking out of several bullet holes, 

"Following the Major as fast as we could toward the 
flank of the battery, when 1 reached the fence at the edge 
of the grove toward which some of the enemy had retreated, 
I discovered that Dixon and Worcester were not with me, 
nor did I see them again until the fight was over. It seems 
that in the rush across the open field Worcester was shot, 
his leg being shattered, and Dixon hearing him cry out had 
stopped to help him. 

"\\'hen I got up to the battery in the grove I found the 
Major there taking a survey of the dead and dying men 
and horses, the crippled guns and overturned caissons. His 
command to us as we came up was, 'Keep them going! 
Follow them up!' or something to that effect, which we en- 
deavored to obey. 

"Our few scattered men, after passing through the cap- 
tured battery, dodged along through the grove, firing at 
such of the retreating enemy as we could see running from 
tree to tree and firing back as they went. 

"In this way my attention was engaged when I suddenly 
came upon a party of three or four of the enemy in a fence 
corner at the ei\ge of the grove. They were quite near me 
and on my left. I fired quickly into the party and dodged 
behind a tree for shelter and to reload. I felt quite confi- 
dent that my shot was effective, especially as all but one 
jumped over the fence and disappeared, running along the 



140 se;ve;nth rkgimknt ohio volunteer infantry 

other side. The other was lying upon the ground. Having 
reloaded, with cocked musket, I cautiously approached the 
prostrate form, and when I stood over him I saw that he 
was an officer and was dying. He gasped for breath, and 
in his delirium muttered, 'Don't, don't.' Strange as it may 
seem, I did not feel at that moment in the least like a mur- 
derer looking upon his victim. But as I knelt down to un- 
buckle his belt I discovered evidence that the wounded man 
had been perhaps carried to this spot, and with feelings of 
the intensest horror it dawned upon me that I had fired 
into a party carrying away a wounded comrade. I was 
completely overcome for the time, and the tears ran down 
my face. 

"The battle was now nearly over, dusk was coming on. 
There was still some little firing over to the right where the 
cavalry were following a few fleeing men along a road near 
a house. I climbed over the fence into an open field and 
looked about me, my enthusiasm much diminished. Some 
of our men were near the fence and others in the wood be- 
yond and on my right. 

"To the left a column of troops was crossing the field, 
marching rapidly. I took them to be our left, advancing. 
As the twilight deepened the musketry off to the right to- 
gether with the carbines of the cavalry began to show more 
of fire than smoke, in that respect differing from the ap- 
pearance of firing in good daylight, especially in the times 
before the invention of smokeless powder. 

"As I approached the column, now some two or three 
hundred yards away, I noticed a troop of horsemen, fifteen 
or twenty perhaps, marching alongside of the infantry, and 
between us. My object in approaching what I supposed to 
be our own troops was to inquire as to the whereabouts of 
my regiment. They turned out, however, to be the enemy's 
right wing, falling back in good order, and the horsemen 
Jackson and his staff with their couriers. As I drew nearer, 
one of the horsemen rode out in front of me, crossing the 
field toward the right, where some little firing was still go- 
ing on. He seemed to be an officer being followed by an 



BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER I4I 

orderly. As he .e^ot nearly in front of me I shouted. 'Hold 
on! Hold on. please,' and added. '1 want to speak to you.' 
He stopped, and I walked on toward him. When I g-ot 
quite close, as he sat on his horse, waiting;- to hear what I 
had to say, I discovered to my j^reat frij^ht that he was a 
Confederate, and it flashed on me at once that all those on 
my left must be the same and that I was a prisoner, unless, 
indeed. I could ^et him away, or away from him. to the 
woods behind, without undue commotion. So instinctively 
and quickly stepping to the left of the horse's head. T placed 
the mu/^zle of my cocked musket close to his breast and said 
(in a frightened voice. I have no doubt), 'Get down, or I'll 
shoot !' A more astonished man one can hardly imagine. 
At this moment a couple of our men were coming up to see 
what was going on, knowing no more than I had that we 
were virtually in the enemy's lines. 

"The officer looked hastily and somewhat nervously, per- 
haps, first to one side and then on the other, and as he hesi- 
tated T repeated. 'Get down ! Surrender, or I'll pull !' See- 
ing that I doubtless meant business and that T had the drop 
on him. he got down beside his horse.* Turning toward us 
he said. *I want you all to understand I did not come up here 
to surrender. I thought you were some of our men.' 
'Won't surrender, eh?' said one of our men, 'Shoot him!' 
'Stick him,' said the other. 'Damn him, let me stick him.' 
said the first, and tried to elbow me aside to make room. 

"At this T said, as 1 faced the men. my back to the pris- 
oner: 

" 'Look here, this man is my prisoner, and the one wlm 
shoots or sticks him has got first to shoot or stick me.' 

" 'He says he won't surrender.' said one of the men. 

"'But he has.' said I; and turning to the prisoner T 
nsked. 'Haven't you surrendered ?' 

♦It is undoubtedly true that the old, dirty, faded and torn overcoat 
worn by Corporal Day helped greatly to deceive Lieutenant Junkin. 
Even in the daytime it was no longer blue, and in the twilight it must 
have looked like a perfectly orthodox Confederate garment— holes and 
all. 



142 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

" 'Yes,' said he ; and straightening himself up, folding 
his arms on his breast, turning very pale, he said in a dry, 
hard voice, 'But let thcui shoot and he damned!' 

"It occurred to me at the time that if ever a man pro- 
nounced his own death sentence, this one thought he was 
doing it then. 

" 'Well, that's plucky,' said one. 

" 'He's all right,' admitted the other, and they turned 
their attention to the orderly, who all this time had been 
sitting his horse a few yards away without the least sus- 
picion that anything was wrong. 

" 'Come away from here,' said I and we went up into the 
woods, followed by a couple of men with the orderly. 
Noticing the crossed silver arrows on the cap of the orderly, 
I asked him what he belonged to. 'Ashby's cavalry.' was 
the jaunty reply, with a wag of his head and a laugh, as if 
it were all a huge joke. Whatever became of him, or who 
he was, I never knew. 

"As we walked along I asked the prisoner his name and 
regiment. I understood him to say he was Lieutenant Dun- 
ken of General Jackson's staff. 

When we had got into the woods it was nearly dark, and 
many men had come through, all in disorder. The man 
with me, who seemed to be one of the Indianians, said. 'Oh, 
there is our doctor.' I said, 'Doctor, we have got a prisoner 
here. What shall we do with him?' 

" 'Go to hell with him ! I have got men dying all over 
this field,' was the reply. 

"This was anything but encouraging, but we went along 
with our prisoner up the hill. Seeing an officer on horse- 
back giving orders to some men, my companion said to 
me. 'Thafs our Colonel.' We approached him, and I said : 
'Colonel, we have a prisoner here and don't know what to 
do with him. He is a staff officer,' I added. 
" 'Indeed!' said he. 'What is his name?' 
" Lieutenant Dunken,' said I, 'of Jackson's staff.' 
'' 'Jiinkin' the prisoner corrected, and then spelled it out 
for me in a disgusted, emphatic manner, 'J-u-n-ki-n.' 



BATTU2 OF KURNSTOWN, OR WINCHESTER 143 

" *\\'cll. take him up the hill.' said the Colonel, and turned 
to shout some orders to the men who were coming around. 

"We went along up the hill until we reached the top near 
tlie captured battery, I think, and while standing there 
wondering what next to do and feeling that we had an ele- 
phant on our hands, Dixon came up and said, 'Oh. pay, 1 
have been looking for you! Come with me to bring in 
Worcester ; he is wounded. His leg is broken and we must 
cany him.' 

"I told him what I was doing, but that I would go with 
him, and turning the prisoner over to my companion I went 
with Dixon to where Worcester was lying on the field. 

"He was later carried to the straw stack where some of 
the wounded were cared for. But our loved comrade lost 
much blood and died in the hospital at Winchester a few 
days later. 

"The night was spent by both sides in caring for their 
wounded, and sometimes we met thus peacefully on the field. 

"In the morning Jackson had disappeared from our 
front." 



CHAPTER XVII. 

I^ROM KKRNSTOWN and NEW MARKET TO ErEDERICKSBURG 
AND BACK TO ERONT ROYAE. 

On March i6, 1862, General Banks was directed by Gen- 
eral McClellan to leave General Shields in the Shenandoah 
Valley, while he, with his First Division, commanded by 
Gen. A. S. Williams, crossed the Shenandoah River at 
Castleman's Ferry and the Blue Ridge Mountains throuj^li 
Snicker's Gap, to the vicinity of Centerville, where he would 
be more directly in position to protect Washington, while 
General McClellan moved his army to the Peninsula to enter 
upon his campaign for the capture of Richmond. 

In compliance with this order the last of General Wil- 
liams's division left Winchester on the 22d, General Banks 
himself leaving the next day for Washington, but had not 
passed Harper's Ferry when he learned of the battle at 
Kernstown, and not only ordered General Williams to re- 
turn but did so himself, reaching Winchester in time to as- 
sume command of the entire force, and conduct the pursuit 
of the enemy on the 24th, to Cedar Creek, where he halted 
for the night. Early on the next morning General Banks 
crossed Cedar Creek upon another temporary bridge and 
pursued Stonewall Jackson's defeated and sorely disap- 
pointed little army some miles beyond Strasburg, then 
bivouacked until the baggage-train arrived, when camps 
were established until April ist, and then another advance 
was made to and beyond Woodstock, the enemy falling back 
and destroying bridges wherever practicable, in order to 
delay pursuit and worry the pursuers. 

Colonel Ashby was the moving spirit on the other side, 
and while he conducted the backward movement with great 
skill and energy his force was not sufficient to make it ef- 
fective. 

On the 4th camp was again established at and beyond 



KERNSTOWN — NEW MARKET — FREDERICKSBURG 1 45 

Edcnburg, where General Shields came up on the 12th, rid- 
ing in an ordinary top buggy', with his arm in a sling, and 
was most cordially and enthusiastically greeted and wel- 
comed by his command, much to his evident gratification 
and satisfaction. 

While infantry skirmishing and artillery duelling was the 
order of the day, few casualties occurred until the i6th, 
when an entire company of Ashby's cavalry, including all 
the ofTicers except the captain, was trapped at Columbia 
Furnace, about 7 miles from Mount Jackson. The 
next day the command advanced to New Market, the 
enemy retreating after having destroyed railroad and other 
property in large quantities at Mount Jackson. 

Inasmuch as General Jackson, by reason of lack of force, 
had made no determined resistance to the advance of the 
Union forces from the battlefield of Kernstown to New 
Market, the authorities at Washington concluded that Gen- 
eral Siiields's division could be spared to strengthen the 
command of General McDowell at Fredericksburg, there- 
fore as early as April 26 Secretar}^ of War Stanton notified 
General Banks that it was possible that events might make 
it necessary to transfer General Shields to the Department 
of the Rappahannock, and that he was advised to act ac- 
cordingly, while on May i he was informed that Shields 
was to be ordered away, and instructed him to fall back to 
Strasburg. On this date the following order was issued : 

"War Department. May i, 1862. 
"Maj.-Gen. McDowell: The President has directed the 
transfer of General Shields, with his division, to your de- 
partment. You will transmit an order to General Shields, 
addressed to Woodstock, to move to such point within your 
department as you may designate, the President preferring 
Catlett's Station, having in view the instruction hitherto 
received by you with respect to this capital, communicating 
a copy of your order in the case to this Department. 

''Edwin ^I. Stanton, 
"Secretary of War." 



146 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

In compliance with this order from the Secretary of War, 
General McDowell addressed General Shields as follows : 

"Headquarters, Department the Rappahannock, 

"Aquia, May 2, 1862. 
"Maj.-Gen. Shields, 

"Commanding- Division, Woodstock, Va. : 
"We are delighted in this department that the President 
should have done me the honor to place your gallant di- 
vision under my command. I am instructed by the Sec- 
retary of War, under date of May i, to transmit you an 
order to move to such place within this department as I 
may designate. Accordingly, I wish you to repair at the 
earliest moment practicable, and by such route as you may 
find best, to Catlett's Station, on the Orange & Alexandria 
Railroad, and where that road crosses Cedar Run. This 
point is about two miles from the junction of the Orange 
& Alexandria Railroad with the Warrenton Branch Rail- 
road. So far as my knowledge of the country goes, this 
point may be best reached by way of Front Royal, Chester 
Gap, and the town of Warrenton. What the distance is 
and the condition of the road, I do not know nor do I know 
your means of transportation. Let me know when you can 
take up your line of march ; by what road you are coming ; 
what are your means of transportation and what the com- 
position and strength of your command. 

"Irvin McDowEEL, 
"Major-General, Commanding Department." 

On May 3 General Banks said to the Secretary of War : 
"I do not think it possible to divide our forces at this time 
with safety. The enemy is largely reinforced by Ewell's 
division." On this date an advance was made to Harrison- 
burg but nothing but Ashby's cavalry encountered, while 
on the 5th the command dropped back to New Market, 
where on the 9th General Shields announced to General 
McDowell that he could move with 10.000 men, 356 wagons 
and 2,500 horses, including cavalry and artillery. 



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KERNSTOWN — NEW MARKET — EREDERICKSBURG I47 

On the nth, in a message to Assistant Secretary of War 
Watson, General Shields said : "I leave to-morrow at 6 
A. M. with a division of 10,000 men equal to any in the 
United States, by Lnray, Front Royal, through Chester Gap 
to Warrenton." And he did so. 

Before starting upon this march a most thorough inspec- 
tion of Shields's entire division had been made, when not 
only all weaklings were eliminated, but our Sibley tents 
taken from us and the little shelter tents substituted, which 
then seemed so unreasonable and cruel that our officers con- 
templated sending in their resignations as a protest against 
such treatment of their men ; but better counsel prevailed 
and we marched away with our baggage-train greatly re- 
lieved both in bulk and weight. 

Crossing the Massanutton Range, and the South Branch 
of the Shenandoah River at White House Bridge toward 
Luray on the 12th, a distance of 16 miles was covered; the 
next day 12 miles, and on the 14th, 15 miles, when Front 
Royal was reached. 

The next day the column moved through Chester Gap 10 
miles, and discovered rebel cavalry. On the i6th, Flint 
Hill and Gaines Cross-Roads were passed but not with- 
out incident. Comrade J. M. Guinn of Company C wrote 
as follows : 

"On the fifth day of our march, at a place called Gaines 
Cross-Roads, we had a brilliant little skirmish with some 
rebel cavalry, who had been hovering around us for a day 
or two. We had halted to rest and thrown out our pickets. 
A squad of rebel cavalry made a dash upon them and came 
near capturing them. A squad of cavalry and a company 
of infantry went out to reconnoiter. Our cavalry found a 
force of two or three hundred drawn up in the woods. 
Being too many to engage they fired and wheeled. The 
rebels gave chase. I was engaged at the General's head- 
quarters and had a fine view of the skirmish. The in- 
fantry, seeing them coming, lay down on their faces. Down 
thundered the rebel cavalry, and when within short range, 
up sprang the infantry and poured a volley into them. 



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They about-faced and double-quicked for cooler latitudes. 
Shortly afterward the whole body, some five or six hundred, 
disappeared over a hill just in time to save themselves from 
our artillery. We had only about thirty or forty cavalry 
with us. We killed and wounded three or four, took five or 
six horses and two prisoners, and badly scared the rest. We 
had two men slightly wounded," 

"Washington, Rappahannock County, Va., 

"May 16, 1862 — 7 p, M. 

"General : I have the honor to report to you that about 
2 o'clock my picket made a dash at a foraging party near 
Gaines Cross-Roads with a very small party. My men 
were driven back. I soon reinforced them and dismounted 
30 men behind a stone wall. When the enemy came up the 
dismounted men emptied seven saddles, and I then charged 
down the road until I met an infantry regiment, who opened 
on us in fine style. The skirmish was the briskest affair I 
have seen for many a day. The whole army were drawn 
up to receive us, and by constant firing I kept them in check 
the whole day. I occupied a commanding hill and could 
have used a piece of artillery with splendid effect. The 
enemy are still between Flint Hill and Gaines Cross-Roads. 
They have a heavy train of wagons. I am certain we 
killed 3 and wounded 4 others. The infantry pressed me 
too closely to catch the loose horses, though I got one saber 
and carbine and one six-shooter. I had 2 men slightly 
wounded, but lost no horses. I have used up all of my 
small stock of ammunition. Think of a whole army drawn 
up in line of battle and kept so six hours by 250 half-armed 
cavalry, I send you a letter taken from the Yankee mail. 
Their wagon trains were hurrying along at a furious rate 
toward Warrenton and are evidently expecting an attack 
from you. Where shall I join you at? 

"Thomas. J. Mumeord, 
"Col. Second Va, Cav., C, S. A. 

"Maj,-Gen. EwEEE, Comdg." 



KERNSTOWN — NEW MARKET — FREDERICKSBURG I49 

On the 17th, crossing one of the tributaries of the Rappa- 
hannock River at Waterloo Bridge, the division bivouacked 
at W'arrenton. resting over Sunday. On the 17th Secre- 
tary Stanton said to General McDowell : 

"General: Upon being joined by General Shields's di- 
vision, you will move upon Richmond by the general route 
of the Richmond & Kredericksburg Railroad, cooperating 
with the force under General McClellan now threatening 
Richmond from the line of the Pamunky and York Rivers." 

On the 19th the march was resumed to Warrenton Junc- 
tion, and to Catlett's Station the next day, where orders 
awaited General Shields to march to Fredericksburg, which 
point was reached on the 22d. 

General McDowell's force when joined by Shields con- 
sisted of 40,000 men, 100 guns, and 1 1,000 animals. 

The next day, after some attempt to brush our travel- 
stained garments, blacken our mud-covered shoes and 
burnish our rusty muskets, we paraded in a grand review of 
General McDow-ell's entire command before President Lin- 
coln, Secretary of War Stanton. Secretary of Treasury S. 
P. Chase, and General McDowell, returning to our camp 
after dark. The next day we rested, but learned that Gen- 
eral Jackson had advanced against General Banks at Stras- 
burg and had him in rapid retreat to Winchester. There 
was also a casualty in the Seventh Ohio on this date, when 
Louis Shraeder ("Big Louis") of Company A was 
drowned in the Rappahannock. 

President Lincoln said to General McClellan this date 
(May 24) : "I left General McDowell's camp at dark last 
evening. Shields's command is there, but is so worn that 
he cannot move before Monday morning, the 26th." His 
kindly eyes had not overlooked the effects of our almost 
continuous campaign from Camp Dennison and especially 
during the last five months from Romney to Fredericks- 
burg, including our exposure and hardship at "Camp Star- 
vation" and our losses at the battle of Kernstown. That 
afternoon, as late as 5 o'clock. President Lincoln most re- 
luctantly issued the following order: 



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"GenERAi, McDowei^I/ : You are instructed, laying aside 
for the present the movement on Richmond, to put 20,000 
men in motion at once for the Shenandoah, moving on the 
hne or in advance of the hne of the Manassas Gap Railroad. 
Your object will be to capture the forces of Jackson and 
Ewell, either in cooperation with General Fremont or, in 
case want of supplies or of transportation interferes with 
his movements, it is believed that the force with which you 
move will be sufficient to accomplish this object alone." 

To this General McDowell replied : "I beg to say that 
cooperation between General Fremont and myself to cut 
Jackson and Ewell there is not to be counted upon, even if 
it is not a practical impossibility," yet he at once had the 
following order issued : 

"Headquarters, Department oe the Rappahannock, 

"Opposite Fredericksburg, Va., May 24, 1862. 
"Maj.-Gen. James Shieeds, Commanding Division. 

"General: Maj.-Gen. McDowell directs that you take 
up your line of march with your division under your com- 
mand to Catlett's, commencing the movement to-morrow 
morning. 

"Ed. Schriver, 
"Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff." 

The reason assigned for this order was that having served 
in the Shenandoah Valley, Shields was most familiar with 
that section, hence could be most serviceable, which was en- 
tirely correct. 

On the 25th Gen. E. B. Tyler having received his com- 
mission as a brigadier-general to date May 14, 1862, and 
by a special order from the War Department, dated May 
20, been assigned to duty in Shields's Division, his old 
Third Brigade was reorganized so as to consist of the Fifth, 
Seventh, Twenty-ninth, and Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiments. 
The Seventh suffered severe loss on this date in the resigna- 
tion of Maj. John S. Casement, who left the regiment here. 

When Shields's division, after its all-winter campaign at 



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and from Roniney, through the battle of Kernstown, the 
march up the Shenandoah Valley to Harrisonburg and then 
across to Fredericksburg, reached the Department of 
the Rappahannock under the command of Maj.-Gen. 
McDowell, it found a body of 30,000 men who had been 
quartered in large tents, in perfectly arranged camps, with 
neat, clean uniforms and guns and accouterments upon 
wiiich no storm ever beat, the very picture of a perfect sol- 
diery, in comparison with which Shields's "brave boys" 
(as he called them) cut a sorry figure. In fact, the con- 
trast was so great that Shields's boys were inclined to blame 
themselves for their weather-beaten and worn condition, 
until McDowell's men began to ridicule them, calling them 
"Shields's Foot Cavalry," "Shields's Bushwhackers." 
"Shields's Conscripts," "Shields's Guerrillas," etc., causing 
a feeling of resentment and many pugilistic encounters. 

On May 25, drawing such clothing and new equipment as 
could be obtained, about noon the return march began. 
Marched 14 miles toward Catlett's Station, reaching that 
point the next night, when General Shields (who had gone 
from Fredericksburg to Washington to consult with the 
President and Secretary of War in reference to the cam- 
paign after Jackson, and had reached Manassas by rail) 
wished the Third Brigade to make a night march to Manas- 
sas Junction, but his men demurred and did not go. Gen- 
eral Nathan Kimball, commanding the First Brigade, 
Shields's division, had the advance, and as he moved along 
the Manassas Gap Railroad and noted the evidence of a very 
hasty evacuation by the Union troops formerly stationed 
there, under the impression that a large force of the enemy 
was close upon them, on May 27, he said from Haymarket : 
"We are moving finely. Roads good. Rifles, carbines, 
tents and clothing burned. This is the all-firedest .scare T 
ever heard of ;" while General Shields characterized the 
whole affair as a disgraceful panic. On May 30, at 11 a. 
M., General Kimball's brigade, preceded by four companies 
of the First Rhode Island Cavalry under Major Nelson, 
reached Front Royal, and after a sharp encounter in which 



152 seve;nth regimdnt ohio voi^unteer ineantry 

8 cavalrymen were killed and 5 wounded, the enemy hastily 
evacuated, leaving over 150 prisoners in our hands. Gen- 
eral Tyler's brigade came up at 3 p. m. and bivouacked. 
The next day Colonel Carroll's Fourth Brigade of Shields's 
division pushed forward to Middletown, met the enemy's 
infantry and cavalry and drove them in the direction of 
Winchester, and nothing having as yet been heard of Gen- 
eral Fremont, who was to have been at Strasburg at that 
time, he returned to Front Royal. General Jackson learn- 
ing of this movement of the Union forces to Front Royal 
some 40 miles in his rear, while he was near Charlestown, 
marched with all possible speed to Winchester and Stras- 
burg, making his escape on June i , before the commands of 
McDowell and Fremont closed the passageway, and con- 
tinued his march to beyond Harrisonburg in the direction 
of Port Republic. And what had become of Stonewall 
Jackson after the battle of Kernstown? Falling back leis- 
urely before the Union forces, passing Harrisonburg, he 
had on or about April 19 crossed the South Branch of the 
Shenandoah River to Elk Run Valley, where he remained 
until the arrival of General Ewell's division from toward 
Culpeper, on or about April 30, then, leaving Ewell to 
watch Banks, he hastened over the same route that Carroll 
and Tyler traveled later on, to Port Republic, then on to 
and beyond Staunton, where he united forces with General 
Edward Johnson and moved upon General Milroy at 
McDowell, where he made an attack on May 8, defeating 
the Union forces under Milroy reinforced by Schenck, after 
a spirited afifair, in which Jackson's loss was 75 killed and 
423 wounded. Having cleared that section of his adver- 
saries, however, on May 15 he moved toward New Market, 
united with Ewell on the 21st, bringing General Edward 
Johnson's command along, thus increasing this force to 
more than 16,000 effective men. General Banks had about 
5,000 men at Strasburg and Front Royal. When General 
Shields was ordered away General Banks predicted that 
nothing- but disaster awaited his command, as soon as the 
enemy, largely reinforced, should advance. Making pre- 



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text of attack upon Strasburo- from the direction of New 
Market with a part of Ashby's cavalry. General Jackson 
crossed o\er to Liiray, reached Front Royal on May 23, 
and drove off and captured the Union troops there, but. 
fortunately for General Banks, did not. with his usual 
energ)-. press on to ]\liddletown until General Banks's main 
force, then in retreat from Strasburg. liad passed that point. 
On May 24 and 25. however. General Banks's com- 
mand was sorely pressed while it fell back, not only to 
'A'inchester. but through Martinsburg and across the 
Potomac, to Williamsport by the 26th. leaving Stonewall 
Jackson in peaceable possession of the entire Shenandoah 
Valley. On the 28th. 29th and 30th General Jackson sent 
his troops to Charlestown. Halltov.n, and across to Lou- 
doun Heights, to alarm the authorities in Washington for 
the safety of the nation's capital, and how well this whole 
movement on his part checkmated the proposed movement 
of McDowell toward Richmond has already been fully 
shown. On June 2. 1862. General Shields said in a mes- 
sage to Secretary Stanton : "We would have occupied 
Strasburg. but dared not interfere with what was designed 
for Fremont. His failure has saved Jackson." Fearing 
lest .^ome of Fremont's troops might intercept him at Stras- 
burg. Jackson sent a small force out to meet them, which, 
by maintaining a bold front, succeeded in keeping his line 
of retreat open until his troops had passed that point in 
safety. 

It is estimated that this movement of General Jackson 
against General Banks not only disconcerted and prevented 
the execution of imjiortant and almost vital plans and move- 
ments looking to the capture of Richmond, but employed 
not less than 50.000 troops for at least thirty days. 

On May 31 there was at Front Royal a large llouring 
mill well filled with sacks of flour, and as the paymaster had 
paid the troops not long before, many of the soldiers in 
Tyler's Third Brigade, and the Seventh Ohio in i)articular. 
sought to purchase some flour as a luxurious change in 
their bill of fare; but when approached, the party at the 



154 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

mill declined to accept "damned Yankee money," and true 
to his principles and his faith in the ultimate success of his 
cause, demanded Confederate scrip or no trade. Now it so 
happened that some enterprising Yankee had conceived the 
idea that such individuals as this mill man might exist, 
when it would be altogether convenient for the Union sol- 
diers to be armed with a supply of Confederate money, as 
well as greenbacks, hence he had printed several train-loads 
of facsimile five and ten dollar Confederate notes and 
flooded the entire army with this "currency" at one cent on 
the dollar, hence they were in condition to oblige this loyal 
Virginian, and a very lively traffic with the boys in Shields's 
division at once began. But soon General Tyler's attention 
was called to the line of his men with sacks of flour upon 
their shoulders, much like a stream of ants, wending their 
way from mill to camps, and always anxious for the pro- 
tection of private property in the early part of the war, he 
mounted and in some haste galloped to the mill, went in, 
saw the deal going on, heard the miller declare his prefer- 
ence for Confederate scrip, smiled "child-like and bland" 
and went his way, while his soldier boys fared sumptuously 
upon griddle cakes, thickened soup and dumplings ere they 
marched away on the morrow. 

D. A. Ward, of Company C, writes of this march. His 
experience fitly illustrates the hardships of this campaign : 

"The boys of Shields's division will not soon forget that 
forced march from Fredericksburg, the last of May, 1862, 
to the support of Fremont on the upper Shenandoah. It 
was day and night without let up; about the most trying 
experience I ever had. In crossing Manassas Gap, it will 
be remembered, the column jerked along, with short halts 
and starts, all night long ; a manner of marching that often 
tested the endurance, and even the patriotism, of the weary 
soldier more than fierce battle. At every short stop the 
men would throw themselves on the ground for what rest 
they could snatch. In my case, late that night, when the 
column halted for a few moments, exhausted nature sue- 



KERNSTOWN — NEW MARKET — FREDERICKSBURG 155 

Climbed to sleep, and not even the movin^r troops awakened 
me. When I opened my eyes it was brcjad daylight and the 
column miles in advance. It was double forced march for 
me then till I came up with the command at Front Royal. 

"Before leaving Fredericksburg Uncle Sam had pre- 
sented me with a nice looking pair of brogans (charged to 
my account on the pay-roll). On this march to Port Re- 
public these same brogans parted company with their soles 
and left me to make the balance of the march on the rough 
pike in bare feet. The soles of those shoes consisted of 
wood, covered with welts of leather which peeled off, leav- 
ing me to walk many weary miles, a la Valley Forge, with 
bleeding feet, and, I must say, lacerated sentiments toward 
the rascally contractor who furnished such stock to the 
Government." 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

FROM FRONT ROYAL TO PORT REPUBUC. 

Failing to intercept Jackson in his march by Strasburg, 
the combined forces of Fremont and Shields broke away in 
pursuit, and while Fremont followed by New Market and 
Harrisonburg, Shields moved up the Luray Valley in a des- 
perate effort to prevent the enemy from crossing the South 
Fork of the Shenandoah River, while Fremont thundered 
down in his rear. 

On the night of June i Shields's division camped lo 
miles out toward Luray and the next night near that place. 

There had been three bridges across the South Fork of 
the Shenandoah not far from Luray; one known as the 
White House Bridge, on the route from Luray to New 
Market; one as Columbia Bridge 4 miles above, and one 
near Conrad's Store, 10 miles above Luray, and when Gen- 
eral Shields left Front Royal he supposed that all of these 
bridges were yet intact. Imagine his surprise, however, 
when he learned that Stonewall Jackson, fearing lest just 
such a movement as was then taking place might occur, and 
with that sagacity for which he was famous, had some time 
before dispatched a mounted force to destroy them all. 

Finding it impossible, therefore, to cross the river to take 
Jackson in flank, and feeling that he would yet escape by 
crossing the river higher up. Colonel Carroll of the Fourth 
Brigade was commissioned with cavalry and two guns, 
without caissons, to push on to Port Republic. The heavy 
and continuous rainfall had rendered the roads well-nigh 
impassable, while at certain points along the Blue Ridge 
such raging torrents swept by as to be unfordable at times 
e\-en by horsemen until they had to some degree subsided. 
While Carroll with his cavalry and guns moved on, his in- 
fantry closely followed, and on June 7 Tyler's Third Bri- 
gade stripped for the race at Luray and camped 15 miles 
away that night, joining Colonel Carroll the next day. 



FRONT ROYAL TO PORT RKPUBUC 157 

At early dawn on Sunday, June 8, Colonel Carroll 
reached Port Republic, to the great surprise of Stonewall 
Jackson and his staff, who anticipated spending a quiet Sab- 
bath there, and who by the narrowest margin escaped cap- 
lure. 

Colonel Samuel S. Carroll said : 

"I reached the vicinity of Port Republic about 6 a. m. of 
Sunday, the 8th instant, with about 150 of the First Vir- 
ginia Cavalry and four pieces of Battery L, First Ohio Ar- 
tillery. I found the enemy's train parked on the other side 
of the North Branch of the Shenandoah, with a larp^e 
quantity of beef cattle herded near by, and the town held 
by a small force of cavalry only. I chose the most com- 
manding position I could find, about half a mile from the 
bridge, and planted there two pieces of artillery to com- 
mand the ends of the same. I then ordered Major Cham- 
berlain, commanding the cavalry, to rush down and take 
possession of the bridge. 

"Finding that he had been injured by a fall from his 
horse, that his command in consequence were in confusion, 
and hesitated as they came to the South River, and that a 
body of the enemy's cavalry were assembling at this end of 
the bridge, giving me fears that they would tire it, I ordered 
the artillcr}' to open fire upon them, and sent Captain Good- 
rich to urge the cavalrj' forward immediately, which he did, 
and took possession of the bridge, ('riving part of the 
enemy's cavalry across it and part of them out of town by 
the road leading to the left. 

"I then went into the town myself, and took with me two 
pieces of artillery, one of which I planted at the end of the 
bridge and the other at the corner of the street commanding 
the road by which part of the enemy's cavalry had tied. 

"While occupying a position between these, and devising 
some method by which I could hold the town until my 
infantry came up. I suddenly perceived the enemy's in- 
fantry emerging from the woods a short distance from the 
bridge and dashing down upon it at a run in considerable 
force. 



158 SEVENTH REGIMKNT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

"As soon as my cavalry, which was now under charge of 
its own officers, perceived them, they broke and ran in every 
direction by which they could secure a retreat. 

"Seeing that I could not hold that position, I ordered the 
two pieces of artillery to be withdrawn. The enemy's in- 
fantry fired so heavily into the limber horses of the piece 
at the bridge that they ran away with the limber, and that 
piece had to be abandoned. 

"The other piece was brought away from its position by 
Captain Robinson, but instead of taking the road, he fol- 
lowed by mistake some of the flying cavalry into the woods, 
and not being able to extricate it, concealed and abandoned 
it. In the mean time, my infantry had almost reached the 
position where I had left two pieces of artillery planted, 
and they were opened upon by eighteen pieces of the 
enemy's artillery from the hills on the opposite side of the 
river, and partially catching the contagion from the panic- 
stricken cavalry, were retreating amid a heavy shower of 
shot and shell. The two pieces which I had left upon the 
hill, superintended by Captain Keily, had been withdrawn 
from their position, and one of them abandoned in the mud 
by its cannoneers, while the other was also abandoned, with 
the pole of the limber broken. 

"By the indomitable energy and courage of Colonel 
Daum and Captain Keily those pieces were saved, and I 
managed to fall back with my force to a better position out 
of the range of the enemy's guns. At this juncture General 
Tyler, with his brigade, joined me." 

General Jackson said : 

"The main body of my command had now reached the 
vicinity of Port Republic. This village is situated in the 
angle formed by the junction of the North and South rivers, 
tributaries of the South Fork of the Shenandoah. Over 
the larger and deeper of these two streams, the North River, 
there was a wooden bridge connecting the town with the 
road leading to Harrisonburg. Over the South River there 
was a passable ford. The troops were immediately under 



FRONT UOVAU TO PORT RlU'UHUC 159 

mv own eve. and were encamped on the liit,di j^ronnd north 
of the vilhigc. abont a mile from the river. General iCwell 
was some 4 miles distant near the road leading from Har- 
risonburg to Port Republic. General Fremont had arrived 
with his forces in the vicinity of Harrisonburg, and General 
Shields was moving up the east side of the South Fork of 
the Shenandoah, and was then at Conrad's Store, some 15 
miles below Port Republic. My position being about equal 
distance from both hostile armies. To prevent the junction 
of the two Fetleral armies I had caused the bridge over the 
South Fork of the Shenandoah at Conrad's Store to be 
destroved. Intelligence having been received that General 
Shields was advancing farther up the river. Captain Sipe 
with a small cavalry force was sent down during the night 
of the /th to verify the report and gain such additional in- 
formation respecting the enemy as he could. Capt. G. W. 
Myers, of the cavalry, was subsequently directed to move 
with his company in the same direction, for the purpose of 
supporting Captain Sipe, if necessary. 

"The next morning (the 8th) Captain Myers's company 
came rushing back in disgraceful disorder, announcing that 
the Federal forces were in close pursuit. 

"Captain Chipley and his company of cavalry, which was 
in town, also shamefully fled. By this time the Federal 
cavalry, accompanied by artillery, were in sight, and after 
directing a few shots toward the bridge they crossed the 
South River, and dashing into the village they planted one 
of their i)ieces at the southern entrance of the bridge. In 
the mean time, the batteries of Wooding, Poague, and Car- 
penter were being placed in position, and General Talia- 
ferro's brigade, having reached the vicinity of the bridge, 
was ordered to charge across, capture the piece, and occupy 
the town. Colonel Fulkerson's regiment, the Fifty-seventh 
Virginia, delivered its fire and then gallantly charged over 
the bridge, captured the gun, and, followed by the other 
regiments of the brigade, entered the town and dispersed 
and drove back the Federal cavalry. 



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"About this time a considerable body of infantry was 
seen advancing- up the same road. 

"Our batteries opened with marked effect upon the re- 
treating cavalry and advancing infantry. In a short time 
the infantry followed the cavalry, falling back to Lewis, 3 
miles down the river, pursued for a mile by our batteries on 
the opposite bank, when the enemy disappeared in the wood 
around a bend in the road." 

This attack of Carroll had hardly been repulsed before 
Ewell was seriously engaged with Fremont, moving on the 
opposite side of the river, at Cross Keys. 

Ever since this affair occurred there has been much spec- 
ulation among the members of Shields's division in refer- 
ence to the instructions given Colonel Carroll by the Gen- 
eral, concerning the bridge at Port Republic, one contend- 
ing that he was directed to destroy, while the other asserted 
that he was to save it. 

The official records as published show that on June 4. 
1862, General Shields in a message to Colonel Carroll said, 
"You must go forward at once with cavalry and guns to 
save the bridge at Port Republic," yet in an official report 
Shields stated that Carroll reported to him that the bridge 
there had been destroyed some weeks before. There is also 
found in the official records the following: 

"Headquarters Shield's Division, 
"Front Royal, Va., June 4, 1862. 
"Captain E. B. OlmsTEad. 

"Sir : You are hereby directed to send a detail of forty 
pioneers with a lieutenant to accompany the command 
under Colonel Carroll to Port Republic. Be particular to 
instruct your men to burn the bridge at that place. 
"I am, very respectfully, 

"J. B. SwigarT, 

"Lieutenant of Volunteers and 
"Acting Assistant Adjutant-General." 



FRONT ROYAL TO PORT RKl'UBUC l6l 

All of which at least indicates some confusion. 

In this affair Colonel Carroll's forces lost 9 killed, 30 
wounded, and one lieutenant missing; total, 40. 

During the afternoon of June 8, while near Lewiston. 
helow Port Republic, Tyler's and Carroll's brigades listened 
to the artillery duel going on at Cross Keys, across the river 
toward Harrisonburg, between the Union forces under Fre- 
mont and Ewell's division of Stonewall Jackson's com- 
mand, where, after a spirited encounter, both sides with- 
drew until the morrow. 

Francis A I. Cunningham, sergeant, first sergeant, and 
first lieutenant. Company H, First West Virginia Cavalry, 
Ohiopyle, Penna.. granted a medal of honor for the cap- 
ture of the battlefiag of the Twelfth Virginia Infantry, C. 
S. A., at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865, writing of the 
advance upon Port Republic, said : 

"We came in sight of the town about sunrise on the 
morning of June 8, 1862. About seventy-five of my regi- 
ment, the First West Virginia Cavalry, had been detailed 
as Carroll's escort, and had been feeling our way along 
through the mud and darkness with him all night. W^hen 
daylight came and the fog cleared away a little, one of 
Shields's staff officers came galloping up and asked for two 
men to ride with him up the road toward the town. Myself 
and one of the other boys were ordered to go with him and 
the command ordered to stand fast until we returned. We 
dashed up the road at a lively gallop almost up to the town, 
and wheeled quickly about and back again without seeing 
any force or anything else. Then Carroll ordered Major 
Chamberlain, who was in command of the cavalry, to 
charge and take the town, which we did, but not until we 
had some trouble in crossing the South River, which was 
booming high. 

"There was no bridge there and nobody seemed to want 
to be the first fellow over. In fact, it looked for a little 
while as though nobody was going over to call on Stone- 
wall Jackson, who I afterward learned was in the town 



l62 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

when we charged up the river. We could see rebels run- 
ning out of town and across the bridge over North River, 
but not a shot was fired at us that I remember. I happened 
to be mounted upon a big brown stallion that I had bor- 
rowed from a rebel major in a little brush we had had with 
the rebels a few weeks before this. Sergeant Ebichousen 
was mounted on a fine mare that was a good swimmer. 
We two volunteered to try the water, and as good fuck 
would have it, we got over without much trouble. The 
other boys soon pitched in and all got over, and entered the 
town by the main, and I think, the only street that ran 
through it. About this time Carroll came dashing in and 
ordered Captain Kerr to send four men across the bridge to 
the top of the hill, to make an observation, and return as 
soon as possible. 

"I was ordered to take three men and go. I took Ser- 
geant Sutton, and Corporals Charles Winter and Walton 
Williams, and went on what would seem to be a foolhardy 
piece of business, as any one could see that there were lots 
of rebels over on the other side of North River. But we 
obeyed the order, crossed the bridge, went to the top of the 
hill ; but how we got back, I suppose the good Lord knows, 
but I don't. Williams and Sutton were both wounded, 
while Winter's horse was shot. I was not touched, but I 
was scared when the bullets were flying thick about me. 
When we advanced to the top of the hill no one seemed to 
pay any attention to us. We blazed away at four fellows 
sitting under a tree. Three of them ran away, the fourth 
surrendered. My three comrades wheeled and rushed for 
the bridge, and while I was trying to force my prisoner to 
mount behind me I was almost surrounded; then leaving 
my "Johnny Reb," I tested the speed of my stallion — laying 
flat upon his back — ^and reached the bridge safely. My 
comrades had already reported to Carroll that the rebel 
army was near, when he ordered Captain Kerr to 'charge 
and give them hell !' but as a column of rebel infantry ap- 
peared, coming down the hill on the double-quick to the 
bridge, he changed his mind and disappeared. The rebels 



FRONT ROYAIv TO PORT REPUBLIC 1 63 

charged through the bridge and captured the gun stationed 
there. 

"Our cavahy soon left town. Batteries Hned up across 
t!ie North River and shelled Carroll's forces out of range. 

"We had plenty of time to burn the bridge, and should 
have done so, but I think Carroll was just about enthusi- 
astic enough to believe that he could just lick Jackson and 
hold the bridge. Shields was surely right when he said 
Carroll lacked the good sense to burn the bridge when it 
was impossible to hold it. 

"Did we have time to burn the bridge? Yes, plenty of 
time. As near as I remember we held the town about 30 
minutes. A big Dutch sergeant (Ebichousen) and myself 
were the first to cross the South River and enter the town 
only a few rods from the bridge. There was a blacksmith 
shop near by, and a fire burning to heat a wagon tire, also 
the remnant of an old strawstack near by, from which there 
could have been a fire kindled upon that bridge that Jack- 
son's whole army could not have extinguished." 



CHAPTER XIX. 

THE BATTLE OF PORT REPUBEIC. 

General Jackson said that as Shields did not renew the 
attack on the 8th, he decided to take the initiative in the 
morning. With Fremont up against his rear and Shields 
threatening in front, the condition of affairs required vigor- 
ous action and Maj. R. S. Dabney of Jackson's staff is 
authority for the statement that Jackson expected to brush 
Shields's troops away and get back to fight Fremont by lo 
o'clock A. M. on the 9th. 

Leaving Trimble's brigade mainly to hold Fremont in 
check, Jackson ordered the rest of his command to move to 
Port Republic. He said : 

"Before 5 o'clock in the morning General Winder's bri- 
gade was in Port Republic, and having crossed the South 
Fork by a temporary wagon bridge placed there for the 
purpose, was moving down the river-road to attack the 
union forces." (This was the famous "Stonewall" Bri- 
gade, and had the advance, but soon came to grief.) 

"Advancing one and a half miles he encountered the 
Federal pickets and drove them in. The enemy had judi- 
ciously selected his position for defense. Upon a rising 
ground near the Lewis house he had planted six guns, 
which commanded the road from Port Republic and swept 
the plateau for a considerable distance in front. As 
Winder moved forward his brigade, a rapid and severe fire 
of shell was opened upon it. Captain Poague with two 
Parrott guns was promptly placed in position on the left of 
the road, to engage, and if possible dislodge the Federal 
battery. 

"Captain Carpenter was sent to the right to select a posi- 
tion for his guns, but finding it impracticable to drag them 
through the dense undergrowtli, they were brought back 
and part of them placed near Poague. The artillery fire 



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BATTLE OF PORT REPUBUC 1 65 

was well sustained by our batteries, but found unequal to 
that of the enemy. In the mean time, Winder being now 
reinfe)rced by the Seventh Louisiana, seeing no mode of 
silencing the Federal battery or escaping its destructive 
missiles but by a rapid charge and the capture of it. ad- 
vanced with great boldness for some distance, but en- 
countered such a heavy fire of artillery and small arms as 
greatly to disorganize his command, which fell back in dis- 
order. 

"The enemy advanced across the field, and by heavy 
musketry fire forced back our infantry supports, in conse- 
quence of which our guns had to retire. The enemy's ad- 
vance was checked by a spirited attack ujion their Hank by 
the Forty-fourth and Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiments, 
directed by General Ew^ell and led by Colonel Scott, 
although his command was afterward driven back t(^ the 
woods with severe loss.f 

"The batteries were all safely withdrawn, except one of 
Captain Poague's, which was carried off by the enemy." 
(A member of the Fifth Ohio Infantry was granted a medal 
of honor for capturing this gun.) 

"While Winder's command was in this critical condi- 
tion, the gallant and successful attack of General Taylor on 
the Federal left and rear diverted attention from the front, 
and led to a concentration of their forre upon him. Mov- 
ing to the right, along the mountain acclivity through a 
rough and tangled forest, and much disordered by the rapid- 
ity and obstructions of the march. Taylor emerged with his 
command from the wood just as the loud cheers of the 
enemy had proclaimed their success in front, and, although 
assailed by a superior force in front and flank, with their 
guns in position, within point-blank range, the charge was 
gallantly made, and the battery, consisting of six guns, fell 
into our hands. Three times was this battery lost and won 
in the desperate and determined efforts to recover it." 

General Tyler stated that a lieavy picket was kept well to 
his front during the night to observe any movement of the 



i66 se;ve;nth re:gime;nt ohio voi^unteer infantry 

enemy, and at 4 o'clock a. m. Colonel Carroll and himself 
went to the outer videttes, who reported not having dis- 
covered any movement of the enemy during the night. 

In a short time, however, General Tyler learned that the 
enemy was advancing in force into the woods with a view 
to outflanking him upon the left. The General said : 

"Captains Clark and Robinson opened their batteries 
upon them with effect. Two companies as skirmishers and 
two regiments of infantry were ordered into the woods to 
counteract this movement of the enemy. The fire of our 
skirmishers was soon heard, and I ordered two more regi- 
ments to their support. A sharp fire was kept up until the 
enemy retired, crossing to our right. The enemy opened 
two guns on our right. The Seventh Indiana was now sent 
to the extreme right, next to the river. A section of 
Clark's battery also took position well to the right. The 
Seventh Indiana having been forced to retire a short dis- 
tance, the Twenty-ninth Ohio went to their assistance, 
which moved forward in splendid style on the double quick. 
The Seventh Ohio was now sent to support Clark's guns, 
while the Fifth Ohio was sent to care for Huntington's. 
Regiment after regiment of the enemy moved upon the right 
and the engagement became very warm. 

"The First Virginia Infantry was ordered to the right, 
entering the open field with a loud shout. By my direction. 
Colonel Carroll took charge of the right wing. My entire 
force was now in position. 

"Seven guns were yet on the left at the Coal pits, the 
Sixty-sixth Ohio in support. Under cover of the engage- 
ment on our right, the enemy had thrown another force into 
the woods, and pressed down upon our batteries on the left, 
so rapidly as to pass the Eighty-fourth and One Hundred 
and Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry unobserved, and making 
a charge so sudden and vigorous as to compel the cannon- 
eers to abandon their pieces. Colonel Candy met the enemy 
with great coolness, his men fighting with commendable 
bravery." 



BATTI^E OF PORT REPUBUC 167 

Col. Henry B. Kelley of the Eighth Louisiana Infantry, 
who fought for our guns at the Coal pits, said in an ac- 
count of this battle: 

"While this exultant crowd were rejoicing and shouting 
over their victory, suddenly a scathing tire of canister was 
l)oured into them by a section of Clark's battery, which had 
been rapitlly brought over from the Federal right to within 
two huntlred yards of the position of the captured guns. 
At the same time the Fifth and Seventh Ohio, which, when 
the battery fell, had retired from their advanced position in 
the field in good order, changed front to their left and rear, 
and formed line of battle within a few hundred yards of the 
Confederate mass about the guns. 

"A conspicuous figure in the battle scene at this stage was 
a field officer on a gray charger, directing and leading the 
advance of the Federal line. Referring to an earlier stage 
of the battle, on the right near the river, the commanding 
ofiicer of the Fifth Virginia, in his report, makes mention 
of a Federal officer upon a gray steed, who there rode in 
front of his men, waving his hat and cheering them on, but 
this officer he says was soon picked off by Confederate 
sharpshooters. As to this he must have been mistaken, for 
it was doubtless the same intrepid officer who led the last 
charge of the Federal forces on that field, with a gallantry 
so conspicuous as to win the admiration of both armies. 
Whoever he was there is not a Confederate survivor of that 
fierce fight who would not be proud to salute him. (Car- 
roll and Creighton each rode a white horse.) 

"The disorganized mass of Confederates about the cap- 
tured guns were not only subjected to a fire of canister at 
short range from a section of Clark's battery, and musketry 
from the line of the Fifth and Seventh Ohio, but from other 
regiments as well. who. like so many hornets, swarmed 
about the Confederates around their lost battery. At the 
outset of the attempt of the Federals to retake their guns, 
Lieut. -Col. Peck of the Ninth Louisiana, called out to his 
men to shoot the horses, which was done. 

"When therefore the Federal forces retook and held for 



l68 SE^VDNTH R^GIMDNT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INFANTRY 

a time, as they did, the ground upon which the guns stood, 
they were unable, when they feh back, to carry more than 
one of the guns with them, for want of horses. Under the 
galhng fire so promptly brought to bear upon the Con- 
federates it was impossible to reform, or reorganize, or to 
hold the ground they occupied, and they fell away to the 
wooded hills." 

Major Wood said that while the Seventh was moving 
upon the enemy about the guns at the Coal Pits — 

"Five color-bearers had now been shot down, while ad- 
vancing as many rods. Lieut. Leicester King seized the 
colors and pressed forward, followed by the regiment, which 
sent volley after volley after the fugitives, the firing ceasing 
only when the rebels were covered by a friendly hill," 

General Tyler stated : 

"The enemy had given way along the whole line, but I 
saw heavy reinforcements crossing from the town that 
would have been impossible for us successfully to resist. 
After consulting Colonel Carroll I ordered the troops to fall 
back under his direction. Colonel Carroll took command 
of the covering of the retreat, which was made in perfect 
order. Aide-de-camp Eaton was the only officer of my 
staff present. Captain Quay being too ill to take the field. 
Chaplain D. C. Wright of the Seventh Ohio volunteered to 
serve me. The duties these gentlemen were called upon to 
perform were arduous, and led them almost constantly 
under fire of the enemy, yet they executed their duties with 
commendable coolness and energy, meriting my warmest 
thanks." 

General Jackson had intended to get back to Fremont by 
IDA. M. but says : "Finding the resistance more obstinate 
than I anticipated, orders were sent to Trimble to join the 
main body." Trimble said : "Receiving from General 
Jackson two messages, in quick succession, to hasten to the 



BATTI.K OF PORT REPUBLIC 1 69 

battlefield where he had eng:aged Shiclds's army, I marched 
rai)idly to obey his orders, crossed the bridge and burned 
it at 10.15 A. M." 

Our line of battle, extending from the hills on our left to 
the river on our right, nearly a mile in length, occupied the 
attention of our entire force, and having no reserves, when- 
ever one point was strengthened it was at the expense of 
another, and this constant shifting wearied the troops; yet 
although confronted and largely outnumbered by the ac- 
knowledged champion fighters of their day. our little com- 
mand, for four and a half hours, held them in fierce, steady. 
and persistent battle, and made a record for gallant fighting 
in the open not excelled in any contest of that great war. 
Jackson said he "found the resistance more obstinate than 
iie anticipated." vShields said : "Our men fought like 
devils." Said Tyler: "The Seventh and Fifth Ohio moved 
forward and engaged the enemy in a style that commanded 
the admiration of every beholder." and that they "were sup- 
porting the Sixty-sixth Ohio, driving the enemy from their 
position and retaking the battery ;" while a gallant soldier 
in gray who lost a leg in battle said we were Western men 
whose forefathers moved from Virginia and "foemen 
worthy of their steel." 

Lieut.-Col. William R. Creighton. who commanded the 
Seventh Ohio at Port Republic, stated that he was ordered 
to the right in support of a section of artillery; enemy ad- 
vanced at charge bayonet; gave order to fire; enemy fell 
back; advanced in line with Fifth Ohio; line of battle well 
kept ; enemy broke and ran ; was attacked on left tlanl: ; 
drove enemy off. then retired and retook guns at Coal Pits. 
He then said : 

"I cannot too highly praise the conduct and gallant bear- 
ing of the officers. Adjutant Molyneaux, Captains Crane. 
Seymour. Wood and Weed ; Lieutenants McClelland. Krie- 
ger, Brisbane. King. Day. Reed. Howe, Johnson. Davis and 
Ross deserve the highest praise and commendation. Kvery 
officer and man without exception, was in his place doing 



170 SKVKNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTKKR INI^ANTRY 

his duty. Captain Wood was wounded in leg and Lieuten- 
ant Day in shoulder. Lost 11 killed, 56 wounded, and 7 
missing-; was obliged to leave 5 wounded on the field. 
Took into the fight nine companies, numbering in all 327 
men. Company B was on detached duty — was obliged to 
leave some men behind because of lack of shoes and cloth- 
ing. My men were worn out by constant marching and 
lack of rations, and in no condition to fight." (Many of 
the men who participated in this altogether active and 
strenuous battle were iDareheaded and barefooted, yet never 
fought better.)* 

As an indication of the mettle of some of the men after 
the retreat began, we note the following incident : The 
driver of the horses attached to the only gun that was res- 
cued at the Coal Pits, struck soft ground, mired down, and 
must have assistance or abandon the gun to the enemy, who 
were already near enough to command a halt, when Sergt. 
Charles King of Company G, who had been shot plump 
through his face, and Henry H. Rhodes of Company D, 
who had gone into this battle barefooted and bareheaded, 
were leaving the field deliberately, each grasped a wheel and 
lifted to such purpose as to materially assist the horses in 
again starting the gun and thus saved it from capture. 
Comrade Rhodes states that when Sergeant King was in 
the act of lifting at the artillery wheel, his exertion was so 
great as to force the blood out of the openings in his cheeks 
in distinct spurting streams. 

The writer distinctly recalls having seen Sergeant King 
the next day, in an ambulance, with his face so swollen as 
to be beyond all recognition from his features alone. For 
this gallant and heroic act both of these comrades should 
have been granted medals of honor. 

Not long after General Tyler and his command had left 
the battlefield of Port Republic, the forces under General 
Fremont came up, and opened their batteries upon the 
enemy and drove them off. 

General Jackson said : 

*See Casualty List, p. 634. 



BATTLI^ OF PORT RKPUBUC I7I 

"While the forces of Shields were in full retreat and our 
troops in pursuit, F'reniont appeared on the opposite bank of 
the South Fork of the Shenandoah River with his army, 
and opened his artillery upon our ambulances and parties 
engaged in the humane labors of attending- to our dead and 
wounded, and the dead and wounded of the enemy." 

Toward nightfall General Jackson withdrew his troops 
into the mountains by a road leading up the ravine of Deep 
Run into Brown's Gap in the Blue Ridge, while the forces 
under General Tyler halted at the Shenandoah Iron Works 
for the night, having met General Shields, with the First 
and Second lirigadcs, en route. 



CHAPTER XX. 

FROM LURAY TO AI,EXANDRIA AND AROUND TO CULPEPER 
COURT HOUSE. 

On June 7, 1862, in a message to Colonel Carroll then en 
route to Port Republic, General Shields stated that while 
his command was in position to throw itself upon Jackson's 
flank, he was pestered about shoes and stockings and cloth- 
ing, and added : "Why, if the clothing was here, there is 
no time to get it. Push on and take 5,000 of the enemy- 
prisoners ; then there will be time to clothe you." 

As early as the 8th, General McDowell, then in Washing- 
ton, directed his chief of staff, then at Front Royal, to send 
orders to Shields to cease pursuit and withdraw his com- 
mand to Luray, from whence he was to march to Warren- 
ton and Fredericksburg, to resume operations against Rich- 
mond, but they were not received in time to avert the battle 
at Port Republic. 

On June 10 the march was resumed, and at 5.30 p. m. 
Shields sent a message stating that he was then about 12 
miles from Columbia Bridge, en route to Luray ; that he 
would be unable to reach that point that night, and that by 
reason of his troops having been over-worked and about 
one-third of them barefooted, and all exhausted, he would 
be. obliged to remain there two or three days to rest up. 
Reaching Luray on the nth he remained there until the 
15th, then moved to Front Royal, arriving on the i6th; the 
pay-rolls were signed on the 17th, troops paid on the 19th, 
and on the 21st "Shields's Foot Cavalry" were again on the 
march along the Manassas Gap Railroad, en route to Bris- 
tow Station, where they arrived on the 23d and went into 
camp along Broad Run. 

Lieut. Frank Paine, who by reason of continued ill health 
was unable to endure the severe marching and inclement 
weather to which Shields's division continued to be sub- 



FROM LURAY TO ALEXANDRIA 1/3 

jcctcd. and whose rcsig^nation in consequence had been 
accepted on June lo. 1862, relates that while returning- on 
foot from Luray to Front Royal he obtained a .c^lass of 
milk at a farmhouse near by, which soon produced severe 
nausea and vomiting, leading him to fear and believe that 
he had been poisoned. After walking a short distance, and 
while experiencing great agony, he threw^ himself under a 
tree to die. when Comrade W. P. Tisdel came along in 
charge of the supply train, gathered him up and conveyed 
him to Front Royal, where medical attendance was soon 
had. and his life saved. Both of these comrades yet sur- 
vive. 

As an indication of the condition of Shields's division 
when it reached Rristow Station, it can be shown that a 
close inspection revealed the fact that during the past month 
and a half he had. including the casualties in two brigades 
on the expedition to Port Republic, lost 4.000 men. three- 
fourths of whom had been placed Iiors dc combat by the 
vicissitudes of the march, inclement weather, exposure, and 
insufficient rations. 

In his memorandum furnished in order that his men 
might be reclothed. he mentioned 4,000 blankets, 12,000 
shoes, 20,oco stockings, 12,000 pants, 10.000 blouses, 12,- 
000 shirts, 12,000 drawers, and 3.500 rubber blankets, which 
indicates that his "brave boys" were at that time a little 
light on wardrobes. 

On the 25th the Seventh was called out to witness the. 
presentation of a handsome and spirited horse, fully capari- 
soned, with sword, shoulder straps (denoting the rank of 
colonel), sash, spur and field-glasses — a present from the 
officers and men to Col. William R. Creighton. The pre- 
sentation address was made by Capt. James T. Sterling of 
Company B. and Colonel Creighton having been so over- 
come bv emotion that he could not make suitable reply. Gen- 
eral Tyler did so for him. 

General Shields was relieved of his command on June 26 
and did not again appear in the theater of war. On June 
2"/ the Third Brigade took cars for Alexandria, arriving on 



1/4 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

the 28th, and embarked upon the steamer North America 
for the Peninsula, but on the morrow went ashore and en- 
camped on the heights beyond Alexandria. On July 4 the 
brigade assembled at General Tyler's headquarters, located 
in a house surrounded by trees, where Sergt. Charles P. 
Bowler of Company C read the Declaration of Independ- 
ence, and addresses were delivered by General Tyler, Chap- 
lain Wright, and Hon. A. G. Riddle of Cleveland. On the 
5th the regiment surrendered the old converted flint-lock 
muskets, which it drew at Camp Dennison, for Springfield 
rifles, probably one of the best guns then in use. This was 
a welcome and agreeable change. 

On the 9th the brigade was again at General Tyler's 
headquarters to listen to addresses, as the General had a 
loudness for exhibiting his brigade to any and all of his 
friends who came from Ohio and elsewhere to visit him. 

However, this pleasing diversion, with now and then a 
day on grand review, was about all the duty the brigade 
performed during the four weeks it was stationed there. 
Mrs. Creighton and Mrs. Crane came to camp on July 11 
and remained a couple of weeks, which proved a pleasure to 
the members of the entire regiment, who were pleased to 
look upon their happy faces once more. 

With light duty and liberal passes to Washington, Alex- 
andria, and Mount Vernon, the members of the Seventh 
Ohio yet remember the four weeks spent in camp near 
Alexandria in July, 1862, as the only "soft snap" of its en- 
tire service. 

On June 26, 1862, President Lincoln issued an order 
creating the "Army of Virginia," which was to consist of 
Fremont's, Banks's, and McDowell's corps, as well as the 
troops in the defenses of Washington under General Stur- 
gis (changing the number of Banks's corps from the Fifth 
to the Second), and assigning Maj.-Gen. John Pope to its 
command. 

General Tyler's brigade was ordered to report to General 
Banks, then near Little Washington, west of Culpeper Court 
House. Taking cars over the Orange & Alexandria Rail- 



FROM UlRAV T() ALEXANDRIA 175 

road oil July 25 it reached W'arrenton the next (hiy; 
marched out near Gaines's Cross-Roads on the 31st, joining 
General Banks's corps the next day near Little Washing-ton, 
in a beautiful country occupied by a large force, which ap- 
peared grand and war-like. 

On Sunday, August 3. Maj.-Gen. Pope arrived, and re- 
viewed and inspected the entire corps. 

The strength of the Second Corps was then reported as 
consisting of 15,962 men. while Sigel (formerly Fremont) 
had 14,310 and General McDowell 25,607, total 55,879, 
composing the "Army of Virginia," in the field under Gen- 
eral Pope. The following is self-explanatory: 

"Hkadquartkrs Army of Virginia, 
"Camp near SperryvillE, Va., August 2, 1862. 
"Special orders 
No. 32. 
"Section 11. The brigade brought to this place yesterday 
by General Tyler will be consolidated with the brigade un- 
der General Geary, which will be known as the First Bri- 
gade, General Augiir's division. 

"General Tyler will return to Washington and report to 
General Sturgis to organize a new brigade. 
"By command of Maj.-Gen. Pope. 

"R. O. Seleridge. 
"Assistant Adjutant-General." 

With this order in his possession General Tyler regret- 
fully bade his old regiment and brigade an affectionate 
good-by, his moistened eyes plainly indicating the depth of 
his feelings. 

The so-called brigade of General Geary was found to con- 
sist of the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, compo.sed 
of some 1.800 men. and Knap's Pennsylvania Battery, just 
needing the four Ohio regiments to make it what it should 
be, not only in the number of regiments, but its numerical 
strength as well. 



176 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

This organization served together until June, 1864, and 
made its mark upon many gory fields. 

On August 6 the main body of the Second Corps, under 
command of Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks, marched beyond 
Woodville; on the next day to Hazel River, and on the 
night of the 8th encamped about that pretty county-seat, 
Culpeper Court House. 



CHAPTER XXI. 

THE BATTLK OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN. 

("icncral Pope stated, in an oftlcial report, that wlien he 
assumed command of the Army of Virginia it was the wish 
of the Government that he should cover the city of Wash- 
ington from any attacks from the direction of Richmond; 
make such dispositions as were necessary to assure the 
safety of the Valley of the Shenandoah ; and at the same 
time so operate upon the lines of communication in the di- 
rection of Gordonsville and Charlottesville as to draw off, if 
possible, a considerable force of the enemy from Richmond, 
and thus relieve the operations against the city of the Army 
of the Potomac. 

To this end early in July he ordered General Sigel to take 
post at Sperryville ; I'anks at from six to ten miles east of 
that point, while Ricketts's division of McDowell's corps 
moved to Waterloo Bridge on the upper Rappahannock, 
with King's division, also of that corps, at Fredericksburg, 
and all of his cavalry scouting well to the front. 

Crawford's brigade of Williams's division of Banks's 
corps was soon advanced to Culpeper Court House, while 
his cavalry pushed forward to the Rapidan, in the direction 
of Gordonsville. 

On July 14, while the troops under the command of Gen- 
eral Pope were in jiosition as above indicated, he ordered a 
substantial cavalry raid to be made upon the railroad near 
Gordonsville and Charlottesville, but this movement failed 
miserably with no good results. 

On July 29. more than a month after he had assumed 
command of the Army of Virginia, General Pope left Wash- 
ington to join his troops in the field, and on August 7 there 
were assembled along the turnpike from Sperr\'ville to Cul- 
peper 28,500 men. with King's division yet on the lower 
12 



178 se;venth regiment ohio voi,unteer ineantry 

Rappahannock, while his cavalry was guarding his front 
along the Rapidan, Robertson's River, and at Madison 
Court House. 

Soon after the battle of Port Republic on June 9, Stone- 
wall Jackson hastened to Richmond and the Peninsula; 
helped defeat the Army of the Potomac, and on July 13 
was ordered to Gordonsville to watch the movements of the 
Army of Virginia, when, learning of the strong force under 
General Pope he requested General Lee to reinforce him, 
which was done by sending A. P. Hill's division, so that 
while the Union forces were concentrating in the direction 
of Culpeper, Stonewall Jackson was on the qui vive below 
the Rapidan with a force of some 20,000 men, seeking an 
opportunity to engage them. 

On August 7 Rickett's division reached Culpeper Court 
House, and Jackson, learning that only a part of Pope's 
forces were there, and hoping to arrive in time to defeat 
them in detail, also marched for that point. 

While at Sperryville on the afternoon of the 7th, Pope 
learned of the enemy crossing the Rapidan, and reached 
Culpeper the next morning. Here he again learned of the 
advance of the enemy, and pushed Crawford's brigade in 
the direction of Cedar Mountain, to support his cavalry un- 
der General Bayard, then slowly retiring in that direction. 
He also ordered Banks and Sigel to move promptly to join 
him at Culpeper, 

General Pope said : 

"To my surprise I received after night on the 8th, a note 
from General Sigel, dated Sperryville at 6.30 that afternoon, 
asking me by what road he should march to Culpeper Court 
House. As there was but one road between these two 
points, and that a broad stone turnpike, I was at a loss to 
understand how General Sigel could entertain any doubt 
as to the road by which he should march. This doubt, how- 
ever, delayed the arrival of his corps at Culpeper Court 
House several hours, and rendered it impracticable for that 
corps to be pushed to the front, as I had designed, on the 
afternoon of the next day." 



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luirly on the morning of the 9th General Banks, whose 
:orps by reason of regiments on detached duty, etc., then 
:uinil)cred about 8,000 men. was directed to move forward 
10 Cedar Mountain to join the brigade of General Crawford 
>ent out the day before. 

He was to take up a strong position at or near the ix)int 
occupied by Crawford's brigade; push his skirmishers well 
to the front: and if the enemy advanced to the attack, to 
:hcck and delay him; determine his force and intentions, 
\m\ notify the commanding general. 7 miles away at Cul- 
peper, at once. 

From General Pope's standpoint all this appears to have 
iccn a simple matter for General Banks to accomplish, but 
then General Pope had never had any personal experience 
in handling Stonewall Jackson, and probably did not then 
appreciate some things as well as he did later on. 

The march to what became the field of battle, by reason 
"»f the extreme heat, was necessarily very slow and tedious, 
affecting friend and foe alike, and was thus aptly described 
by Gen. John W. Geary : 

"At about 8 A. M. August 9. the brigade took up the line 
Df march, taking the road toward Orange Court House. 
The extreme heat of the day caused many cases of sun- 
stroke, and the scarcity of water immense suffering among 
the men ; in fact, after a march of five or six miles the road 
on each side was full of men who had been compelled to fall 
DUt from sheer exhaustion, and many cases of sunstroke 
terminated fatally." 

This condition is further emphasized by the fact that it 
rcf|uircd 6 hours in which In march 7 miles. 

The batteries took position on high ground, where they 
iinlimbered and prepared for action, while the triK^ps were 
near by in ready support. The public highway leading from 
Culpeper to Orange Court House, and u\ym which the 
enemy was expected to approach, was the dividing line l)e- 
tween the divisions of Williams and Augur — the former be- 
ing upon the right and the latter upon the left. 



l8o SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Immediately in front of Williams's left, where the main 
battle was joined was timber^ then a wheat-field in which 
the shocks of grain were standing, then timber beyond, 
while in front of Augur was an open field — pasture, corn- 
field and meadow — with Cedar Mountain a mile to the left 
oblique, as we faced to the front. The road from Madison 
Court House intersected the road to Culpeper at Colvin's 
Tavern, some three miles in rear of Banks, where Ricketts's 
division of 10,000 men was posted to guard against any 
force which might threaten from that direction. Before 
General Banks reached the field at Cedar Mountain in per- 
son. General Bayard, commanding the cavalry at that point, 
said in a message to General McDowell : "The enemy are 
advancing in force; artillery, cavalry and infantry wagons 
in sight. They advance confidently, more than a thousand 
cavalry in sight. They arc attcn-pting to flank us on the 
left." And yet when General Banks came up and looked the 
situation over he sent the following message to General 
Pope: 

"August 9, 1862 — 2.25 p. M. 

"The enemy shows his cavalry (which is strong) osten- 
tatiously. No infantry seen and not much artillery. Woods 
on left said to be full of troops. A visit to the front does 
not impress that the enemy intends immediate attack ; he 
seems, however, to be taking positions. 

"N. P. Banks, 
"Major-General." 

The woods on the left referred to the slope of Slaughter 
Mountain, where a part of General Ewell's division had 
gone under cover. 

Shortly after General Banks sent this message the enemy 
opened up with six batteries and poured a constant shower 
of solid shot and shell into our batteries and troops, in plain 
view in the open fields, while the indication of a desperate 
struggle became more and more apparent until 4.50 p. m., 
when General Banks, in another message to General Pope, 
yet at Culpeper, said : 




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THE BATTLE OE CEDAR MOUNTAIN l8l 

"About 4 o'clock shots were exchanged by the skirmish- 
ers. Artillery opened on both sides in a few minutes. One 
regiment of rebel infantry advancing now deployed in front 
as skirmishers. 

"I have ordered a regiment on the right (Williams's di- 
vision) to meet them, and one from the left; Augur to ad- 
vance on the left and in front. 

*'5 p. M. — Thev are now approaching each other. 

"N. P. Banks, 
"Major-General." 

And what of Stonewall Jackson? 

On August 9, when at Locust Dale, twelve miles from 
Culpeper, and five below Cedar Mountain, he said in a mes- 
sage to Gen. R. E. Lee: 

"General : I am not making much progress. The ene- 
my's cavalry yesterday and last night also, threatened my 
train. Hill, though at Orange Court House yesterday 
morning, having encamped in a mile of the town on the 
other side, reported last night that he was not more than a 
mile on this side, thus making only two miles yesterday. 
Ewell's division, which is near this point, marched about 
eight miles. Yesterday was oppressively hot ; several men 
had sunstrokes. To-day I do not expect much m<M-e than to 
close up and clear the country around my train of the ene- 
my's cavalry. I fear that the expedition will, in consequence 
of my tardy movements, be productive of but little good. 
My plan was to have been at Culpeper Court House this 
forenoon. The enemy's infantry, from rqjorts brought in 
last night, is about five miles in front; his cavalry near 
ours." 

From the foregoing it appears that while he was in- 
formed as to the location of Crawford's brigade near Cedar 
Mountain, he had not as yet learned of the advance of the 
rest of Banks's corps to that |x:)int, and that nothing was 
farther from his expectation than that of fighting that after- 
noon one of the most destructive battles of the war. 



i82 se;ve;nth r^gimdnt ohio voi^unteer ineantry 

In his official report of the battle, after stating that the 
Federal cavalry displayed unusual activity, endangering his 
train, and rendering it necessary to detach a brigade of in- 
fantry to guard it, he said : 

"On the 9th, as we arrived within about eight miles of 
Culpeper Court House we found the enemy in our front, 
near Cedar Run, and a short distance west and north of 
Slaughter Mountain. When first seen his cavalry in large 
force occupied a ridge to the right of the road. 

"A battery opened upon the cavalry, which soon forced it 
to retire. Our fire was responded to by some guns beyond 
the ridge from which the Federal advance had just been 
driven. Soon after this the enemy's cavahy returned to the 
position where it was first seen. General Early was ordered 
forward, keeping near the Culpeper road, while General 
Ewell, with his two remaining brigades, diverged from the 
road to the right, advancing along the western slope of 
Slaughter Mountain. General Early pushed forward, driv- 
ing the Federal cavalry before him to the crest of a hill 
which overlooked the ground between his troops and the 
opposite hill, along which the enemy's batteries were posted. 
In his front the country was for some distance open and 
broken. A corn-field, and to the left of it a wheat-field 
upon which the shocks were yet standing, extended to the 
opposite hill, which was covered with timber. So soon as 
Early reached the eminence described, the Federal batteries 
were opened upon him. Large bodies of cavalry were seen 
in the wheat-field to the left. General Early having retired 
his troops under the protection of the hill, Captain Brown 
with one piece, and Captain Dement with three pieces of 
artillery, planted their guns in advance of his right, and 
opened a rapid and well-directed fire upon the Federal bat- 
teries. 

"By this time General Winder, with Jackson's division, 
had arrived, and after having disposed Campbell's brigade 
under cover of the wood, near the wheat-field ; Taliaferro's 
brigade parallel to the road, in the rear of the batteries of 
Poague, Carpenter, and Caskie, then being placed near the 



THE BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN 183 

roatl, and Winder's brigade as a reserve, he was proceeding 
to direct with his usnal skill and coolness, the movements of 
these batteries, when he was struck by a shell from which 
he expired in a few hours. Latimer's guns were planted 
upon an elevated spot on the northwest termination of 
Slaughter IMountain about two hundred feet above the val- 
ley below, which opened with marked effect upon the ene- 
my's batteries. For some two hours a rapid and continuous 
fire of artillery was kept up on both sides. 

"Our batteries were well served and damaged the enemy 
seriously. 

"About 5 o'clock the enemy threw forward his skirmish- 
ers through the corn-field and advanced his infantry until 
then concealed in the woods, to the rear and left of his bat- 
teries. Another body of infantry apparently debouching 
from one of those valleys, hid from view by the undulating 
character of the country, moved upon Early's right, which 
rested near a clump of cedars where the guns of Brown and 
Dement were posted." 

General Banks said he had ordered Augur to advance on 
the left and in front. General Augur said : 

"I caused Geary's brigade to advance, which it did stead- 
ily and quickly, and when within range opened a regular 
and well-directed fire upon the enemy. I then caused 
Prince's brigade to advance in like manner upon the left, 
which it did under its gallant leader, handsomely and in 
good order, and when in position opened its fire." 

The Seventh Ohio had the right and front of Geary's 
brigade, with its right resting upon the road to Orange 
Court House, and had the honor of opening the fierce in- 
fantry fighting which ensued. 

The Thirteenth Virginia Infantry, of Early's brigade, 
was directly opposed to the Seventh in front, and gave us a 
warm reception, while a part of Taliaferro's brigade, in line 
of battle to Early's left and beyond the road to Orange, also 
poured destructive volleys in a right oblif|ue fire into our 



184 SKVENTH RDGIMEINT OHIO VOI^UNTEKR INFANTRY 

right wing, rapidly reducing our ranks, while the concen- 
trated artillery fire of the batteries then but a short distance 
away rapidly insured our complete annihilation. 
General Geary said : 

"The Seventh and Sixty-sixth Ohio, under the destructive 
fire of at least five times their number, were being terribly 
cut up, but retained their ground, closing up their deci- 
mated ranks and still pressing toward the enemy. Seeing 
their condition I ordered the Fifth and Twenty-ninth Ohio 
to their support. They promptly answered the command, 
the Twenty-ninth passing immediately to the support of 
the Seventh, and the Fifth to the left of the Sixty-sixth." 

General Williams, whose troops were on the right of 
Geary, said : 

"About 5 o'clock, by direction of the major-general com- 
manding corps, I ordered Crawford's brigade to occupy the 
woods in front, preparatory to a movement which it was 
thought might relieve the left wing severely pressed by the 
enemy, especially by a heavy cross-fire of artillery, one bat- 
tery of which would be exposed to our infantry fire from 
the new position." 

General Crawford estimated the wheat-field in his front 
as being 300 yards wide, which he must cross in plain view 
of the brigades of Jackson's old division and the batteries 
already in position to receive him. He said : 

"My regiments were immediately formed, the Forty- 
sixth Pennsylvania on the right and the Twenty-eighth New 
York and Fifth Connecticut on the left. The Tenth Maine 
was advanced through the woods on my extreme left under 
the immediate direction of a staff officer of the major-gen- 
eral commanding corps, and was some distance from the 
other regiments. 

"I then gave the order to advance to the edge of the 
woods, to fix bayonets and to charge upon the enemy's posi- 
tion. Steadily in line my command advanced, crossed the 



THE BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN 185 

fence which skirted the woods, and with one loud cheer 
chari^cd across the open space in the face of a fatal and 
murderous tire from the masses of the enemy's infantry who 
lay concealed in the bushes and woods in our front and 
tlank. Onward these regiments charged, driving the ene- 
my's infantry back through the woods beyond. 

"The Twenty-eighth New York, Fifth Connecticut, and 
part of the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania entered the woods and 
engaged in a hand-to-hand contest with vastly superior 
numbers of the enemy, reaching the battery at the heart of 
the position, but the reserves of the enemy were at once 
brought up and thrown upon our broken ranks. 

"The field officers had all been killed, wounded, or cap- 
tured ; the support I looked for did not arrive, and my gal- 
lant men. broken, decimated by that fearful fire, that une- 
qual contest, fell back again across the space, leaving most 
of their number upon the field. 

"The slaughter was fearful. Most of the officers had 
fallen by the side of their men, and the color guards had 
been shot down in detail as they attempted to sustain and 
carry forward the colors of their regiment." 

The battle had been joined in earnest and the grim mon- 
ster was reaping a bountiful harvest. The courage and dash 
exhibited by Crawford's troops in the gallant and heroic 
charge so vividly described by their commander was of the 
highest order, and should be recorded high up on the Tablet 
of Fame. 

Resuming what Stonewall Jackson said : 

"The infantry fight soon extended to the left and center. 
Early became warmly engaged with the enemy on his right 
and front. lie had previously called for reinforcements. 

"Thomas's brigade was sent to him and formed on his 
right. While the attack upon Early was in progress the 
main l)ody of the Federal infantry moved down from the 
wood, through the com and wheat-fields, and fell with 
great vigor upon the extreme left, and by force of superior 
numbers, l^earing down all opposition, turned it and poured 



l86 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INFANTRY 

a destructive fire into its rear. Campbell's brigade fell bac 
in disorder. The enemy pushing forward, and the left flar 
of Taliaferro's brigade being by these movements expose 
to a flank fire, fell. back, as did also the left of Early's lin 
During the advance of the enemy the rear of the guns ( 
Jackson's division became exposed and were withdrawn. 

"At this critical moment Branch's brigade of Hill's div 
sion, with Winder's brigade farther to the left, met the Fee 
eral forces, flushed with their temporary triumph, and dro'^ 
them back with terrible slaughter through the woods." 

It was said of Colonel Garnett's brigade that the bay( 
net was freely used and a hand-to-hand fight with superic 
numbers ensued before the right of the brigade fell back. 

General Jackson restored his line of battle and won tl: 
day by ordering up the brigades of Branch, Archer, an 
Pender, which, with the return of some of the troops whic 
"ran off in disorder," soon swept the field of the remainin 
fragments of Banks's corps, then unable to stem the vie 
torious advance. 

An extract from the journal of General Branch reads a 
follows : 

"The battle commenced and raged for a short time, whei 
General Jackson came to me and told me his left was beatei 
and broken, and the enemy were turning him and he wishei 
me to advance. I was already in line of battle and instantl; 
gave the order to forward march, I had not gone loo yard 
through the woods before we met the celebrated Stonewal 
Brigade, utterly routed and fleeing as fast as they could run 
After proceeding a short distance farther we met the enenr 
pursuing. My brigade opened upon them and quickly drov( 
them back from the woods into a large field. Following uj 
to tlie edge of the field, I came in view of large bodies o; 
the enemy, and having a very fine position I opened upor 
them with great effect." 

When the charge of Crawford's regiments broke u]; 
and put to flight Jackson's line of battle on the left, the 



THE BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN 1 87 

Twenty-ninth Ohio advancetl and reHeved the Seventli, 
which moved back to a place of safety across Cedar Run. 

As the enemy advanced in pursuit of the Union forces 
now falhng back across tlie wheat-fiekl, the Tenth Maine, 
of Crawford's brigade, which had been hekl in reserve to 
iiis left, was advanced, but soon met the fate of the other 
regiments, and was swept from the field. At this time Gor- 
don's brigade of Williams's division, consisting of the Sec- 
ond Alassachusetts, Third Wisconsin, and the Twenty-sev- 
enth Indiana, which had been holding the extreme right, 
nearly a mile to the right rear of the point of severest battle, 
was hurried across Cedar Run, to and up the decided slope 
of a hill covered with brush and trees, and in an exhausted 
condition brought up on the verge of the famous wheat-field, 
now fully occupied and covered by the enemy, to be. like 
their predecessors, cut to pieces and forced to retire. 

At this time a remarkable incident occurred. With, a 
view to delaying the advance oj the brigades of infanti-y in 
and about the wheat-field, moving in the direction of a bat- 
tery without support, Maj. Richard I. Falls of the First 
Pennsylvania Cavalry was ordered to charge the foe. and 
the following is. in part, his official report of the affair: 

"I was directed by Brig.-Gen. Bayard to charge through 
the enemy's lines at a point where they were supposed to be 
forming for a charge on our batteries, my command con- 
sisting of Companies A. B, C, and D ; Companies A and B 
forming the first squadron, commanded by Capt. William 
Litzenberg of Company B ; Companies C and D comprising 
the second squadron, commanded by Capt. John P. Taylor 
of Company C. 

"After getting in front of the point designated, and being 
m column of fours, I immediately formed scpiadron. my 
command being already under fire. I moved forward at a 
rapid gait until within fifty yards of the enemy's lines, which 
I found in great force and three in number, when I gave the 
command 'charge.' when with loud and terrific cheering 
my command charged through the enemy's lines, cutting and 
running down and scattering them in every direction, cans- 



1 88 seve;nth regimeint ohio voIvUNTe:e;r ini^antry 

ing sad havoc and discomfiture in their ranks, as a view of 
the field and prisoners can testify. After charging back 
and reforming, I found my command reduced from 164 to 
71, the remainder having been killed, wounded, or other- 
wise placed hors de combat, by their horses falling over 
others killed or wounded." 

Major Falls and Captain Taylor had their horses shot 
from under them, while Stonewall Jackson said of this cav- 
alry charge : 

"At this time the Federal cavalry charged Taliaferro's 
brigade with impetuous valor, but was met with such deter- 
mined resistance by his brigade in front, and Branch's bri- 
gade in flank, that it was forced rapidly from the field with 
loss and in disorder." 

The official records show that some three brigades of in- 
fantry and a battery took credit for firing upon Major Falls 
and his immortal little band, and the wonder is that a single 
man escaped to tell the story. 

General Pope, in referring to the battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, said he had continued to receive reports from General 
Banks during the day that no attack was apprehended, and 
that no considerable infantry force of the enemy had come 
forward ; but toward evening the increase in artillery firing 
satisfied him that an engagement might be at hand, though 
the lateness of the hour rendered it unlikely, and he ordered 
McDowell to advance Ricketts's division to support Banks, 
and directed Sigel (who had reached Culpeper that after- 
noon, but could not move until his command was fed out 
of McDowell's wagons) to bring his men upon the ground 
as soon as possible. 

General Pope then said : 

"I arrived personally on the field at 7 p. m. and found 
the action raging furiously. The infantry fire was inces- 
sant and severe. I found Banks holding the position he 
took up early in the morning. The slaughter was severe on 



Tin-: BATTLIC Ol-' CKDAR MOUNTAIN 189 

b<ith sides, much of the hL;hling beiui;' liand-to-haiul. The 
(lead bocHes of both armies were found mingled together in 
masses over the whole ground of the conflict. 

"The behavior of Banks's corps during the action wa? 
very line. Xo greater gallantry and daring could be ex- 
hibited by any troops. I cannot speak too highly of the in- 
trepidity and coolness of General Banks himself during the 
whole engagement. 

"He was in the front and exposed as much as any man 
in his command.*' 

General Pope's criticism of General Banks : 

"He left the strong position which he had taken up and 
had advanced at least a mile to assault the enemy, believing 
that they were not in considerable force, and that he would 
be able to crush the advance, before the main body could 
come up from the direction of the Rapidan. He accord- 
ingly threw forward his whole corps into action against su- 
perior forces of the enemy, strongly posted and sheltered 
by woods and ridges. His advance led him over the open 
ground, which was everywhere swept by the fire of the 
enemy concealed in the woods and ravines beyond. 

"Notwithstanding these disadvantages his corps gallantly 
responded to his orders and assaulted the enemy with great 
fury and determination." 

Just before the battle opened Lieut. Llewellyn R. Davis, 
then in command of Company D of the Seventh Ohio, was 
detailed to serve upon the staff of Brig.-Gen. John W. 
Geary, and Lieut. Henry Z. Eaton of Company B, who had 
bceti serving as aide-de-camp on the stafT of Brig.-Gen. E. 
B. Tyler, was detailed to command Company D in that bat- 
tle, where he was severely wounded and carried nut of the 
service by it. 

On the night of August 9, when Banks's corps had re- 
tired behind Cedar Run, Jackson still wishing to reach Cul- 
peper, ordered an advance, which had proceeded but a short 
distance beyond Cedar Run, however, when it came up 



190 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

against Rickett's division, and after a brief yet severe and 
destructive artillery duel was forced to retire. 

General Pope said the next day was exceedingly hot and 
the troops on both sides were too much fatigued to renew 
the action, so the whole day was given by both armies to 
burying the dead and gathering and caring for their 
wounded, while on the nth there was a regular flag of 
truce under which the troops of Pope and Jackson frater- 
nized upon the battlefield, where the burial of the dead and 
caring for the wounded was mutually carried on. 

As early as August 8 General Pope had ordered General 
King, on the lower Rappahannock, to march to him near 
Culpeper, and then by reason of the battle on the 9th, in 
other messages, had urged King to hasten, which brought 
this reinforcement near Cedar Mountain on the nth. This 
was probably known to Jackson, as on that night he with- 
drew across the Rapidan, to which line General Pope 
promptly advanced the next day, but did not cross. 

He also issued Special Order No. 41, dated August 12, 
1862, directing Brig.-Gen. A. S. Williams, then temporarily 
commanding the Second (Banks's) Army Corps, to estab- 
lish his command in camp at or near Culpeper, which was 
done, and this corps was for a few days General Pope's re- 
serve corps. 

On the 13th General Halleck directed Pope not to ad- 
vance across the Rapidan, and to guard well against a flank- 
movement, while on the i6th he suggested that it would be 
far better if he were in rear of the Rappahannock and that 
he look well to his left. By this time it having been decided 
to withdraw the Army of the Potomac from the Peninsula, 
and General Pope having learned from dispatches captured 
by his cavalry and from other sources that Gen. Robert E. 
Lee, who with his entire force had now reached the Rapi- 
dan, intended to flank him on his left and cut him off from 
the Rappahannock, issued orders on the i8th for his entire 
command to prepare to retire, and by the night of the 19th 
his trains and infantry were safely behind that river. 



TIIK BATTLE OF CKHAR MOUNTAIN I9I 

CASUALTIES AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN. 

Couimcind: Brigadicr-Ccncral Geary's Brigade. 

Staff, wounded (the General himself) i 

Pifth Ohio: Killed. 14; wounded. 104; missing. 4. .. 122 
Seventh Ohio: Killed, 31 ; wounded, 149; missing. 2, 182 
rwenty-ninth Ohio: Killed, 6; wounded, 50; miss- 
ing. 2 66 

Sixty-sixth Ohio: Killed, 10; wounded, 81; uiiss- 

iiig. 3 94 

Total: Killed, 61 ; wounded. 385 ; missing. 19,.. 465 

XoTE. — The 2 missing in Seventh Ohio were later on 
'ounil to have been killed. The entire loss in said battle in 
Pope's command is given as follows: Killed, 314; wounded. 
[,445; missing, 622; total, 2,381 — Jackson's loss: Killed, 
229; wounde(I, 1.047; total, 1,276, making total casual- 
ies. 3,657. 

(Casualty list in Geary's brigade as found in the Rebel- 
ion Records.) 

lEPORT or COL. WILLIAM R. CREIGIITON, SEVENTH OHIO IN- 
FANTRY. 

'Headquarters Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer 
Infantry. 

"In the Field near CulpEper Court House, 

"August 9th, 1862. 
"Sir: I would respectfully submit the following rei)ort 
)f the part taken by the vSeventh Ohio Infantry in tlic battle 
if Cedar Mountain, Saturday, August 9. 1862: 

"At about 8 o'clock a. m. we moved forward, by order of 
Brig.-Gen. Geary, commanding the brigade, a distance of 
?ight miles, suffering greatly from the scarcity of water 
ind the intense heat, from the effect of which a number of 
uen were fatally sunstruck. We took position in rear of 
Knap's battery, on the west side of Cedar Run, forming a 



ig2 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

line of battle due north and south, and remained there until 
3.30 p. M., when we changed position by the right flank to 
support the right center battery. In that position we re- 
mained about an hour, when we received orders to advance 
in Hne of battle. We moved forward about 200 yards, and 
were ordered to halt and await further orders. In the mean 
time, we were exposed to a terrible cross-fire from rebel 
batteries, when we lost several men killed and wounded. 

"We remained there about an hour, when we advanced to 
support the line of skirmishers thrown out by the Twelfth 
Regular Infantry, who were retreating under the fire of the 
enemy, then advancing in force in line of battle. We were 
soon in range of their infantry, and became hotly engaged. 
We held our position until relieved by the Twenty-ninth 
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, when, closing my decimated ranks 
I moved off the field by the right of column to the rear, and 
halted on the summit of a hill on the east side of Cedar 
Run. Having been wounded in the left side and arm, I was 
compelled to retire and leave the regiment to the senior offi- 
cer in the field. At about 9 o'clock p. m. the regiment 
moved forward toward Cedar Run, being detailed for picket 
duty. When within a short distance of the creek our ad- 
vance was challenged, but giving no answer, it was fired 
into from right, left, and front, compelling it to retire under 
cover of the woods, and falling back one mile it bivouacked 
for the night. 

"I cannot speak too highly of the officers and men. 
Every one was at his post, and nobly did each one do his 
duty. 

"Number of field, line, and staff officers wounded, 2 ; 
line officers killed, 3; wounded, 5; enlisted men killed, 34; 
wounded, 146. Total killed, 37; wounded, 153. Total 
loss, 190 out of 307.* 

"W. R. CrEighTon, 
"Col. 7th O. V. I." 

The Seventh Ohio lost more men in killed and wounded 
*See Casualty List, p. 636. 



TIIK RATTLE 01" CKDAR MOUNTAIN I93 

iti this battle tlian any other regiment engaged therein on 
cither side. 

Comrade AI. M. Anch-ews contributes the following: 

"Not a braver nor nobler life was sacrificed on the altar 
of patriotism during the civil war than that of Charles P. 
Bowler, of my company. I was at his side when he fell. It 
was in the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. The 
Confederates were strongly posted on a ridge and in woods 
in our front, and we, without protection or support, were 
facing them in an open field. The.battle had raged furiously 
for se\eral hours. Our ranks were being rapidly thinned. 
Colonel Creighton was wounded, but continued to ride along 
t!ie line, urging the men to renewed efforts. Lieutenant 
Ross, in temporary command of Company C, was killed, and 
many officers and men were down. 

"In that terrible furnace of fire in the meadow, below the 
corn-field, our line had begun to yield stubbornly before the 
murderous guns of Stonewall Jackson's veterans, when Ser- 
geant Rowlcr. cheering on his comrades, was hit bv a hostile 
bullet which i)assed through his heart, and he fell to instant 
death. At this moment it seemed plain that we would have 
to fall back. I thought at once of making an effort to help 
my comrade if. possibly, he was still alive. For this purpose 
I ''roppcd on my knee at his side and endeavored to unloose 
Ms cartridge belt. This left me about twenty feet in advance 

f our front line, which had begun to recede. Of course I 
was a good mark for the enemy's sharpshooters, and was 
myself hit by a shot from their left center, the ball entering 
the cartridge-box at my side. Fortunately my body was not 
pierced, but. being off my balance, I fell over. Just then a 
shout arose from our boys, and looking up, I saw the rebel 
line moving rapidly by flank. This movement of the 
enemy's front gave us the impression that we were driving 
them, and our men pressed forward again. I sprang up 
and. advancing with our line, began firing once more. The 
rebel front had indeed given away, but only to give place to 
fresh, troops, who poured into our ranks a most deadly storm 
of bullets. 
13 



194 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

"The confusion of battle carried me away from Bowler'; 
body, so that when, some time afterward, I went to the reai 
with a disabling bullet through my hand, I had no furthei 
opportunity to care for my fallen comrade. 

"That evening, when night fell, the enemy had possessior 
of the meadow, the scene of our terrific struggle. The nex' 
day when a detail, under a flag of truce, went through oui 
lines to bury the dead, they found the bodies unrecognizable 
black and swollen in the August sun ; their pockets turnec 
out and robbed of their contents. 

"Bowler, with many of his noble comrades, sleeps in ar 
unknown grave, honored in memory as he was beloved by ali 
who knew him in life." 



CHAPTER XXII. 

THE SECOND BULL RUN CAMPAIGN. 
By Capt. Geo. A. McKay. 

The Fifth Army Corps, commanded by Maj.-Gen. N. P. 
Banks, was changed by order of the President to that of the 
Second Corps, Army of Virginia; the First Division re- 
mained under the command of Brig.-Gen. Alpheus S. Wil- 
hams, and the Second Division was placed under Brig.-Gen. 
C. C. Augur, the brigade commanders being S. W. Craw- 
ford. First Brigade, and George H. Gordon. Third Brigade, 
both in the First Division, and John W. Gear}'. First Bri- 
gade : Henr\' Prince, Second Brigade, and George S. 
Greene. Third Brigade of the Second Division. 

Augur and Geary were both wounded severely at the 
battle of Cedar "Mountain, Va., August 9. 1862, and the 
senior othcers present assumed command of the division and 
brigades till they returned to duty. 

The First Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps, 
was composed of the Fifth, Seventh, Twenty-ninth, and 
Sixty-sixth Ohio, and the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Vol- 
unteer Infantry. 

General Pope reports : 

"That under the changed conditions of things brought 
about by General jNIcClellan's retreat to James River, and 
the purpose to withdraw his army and unite it with that 
under my command, the campaign of the Army of Virginia 
was limited to the following objects. 

"ist. To cover the approaches to Washington from any 
enemy advancing from the direction of Richinond, and to 
oppose and delay its advance to the last extremity, so as to 
give all the time possible for its withdrawal of the Army of 
the Potomac from the James River. 

"2d. If no heavy forces of the enemy moved north, to 
operate on their lines of communication with Gordonsville 



196 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

and Charlottesville, so as to force Lee to make heavy de 
tachments from his force at Richmond and facilitate to tha 
extent the withdrawal of the Army of the Potomac." 

Halleck was of the opinion that the junction of the tw( 
armies could be made on the line of the Rappahannock, bu 
the enemy moved north with the bulk of his army s( 
promptly, that the line of the Rappahannock was too far t( 
the front and had to be modified to suit the movements a 
they developed. To meet one of them, Pope ordered hi 
army from near the Rapidan and Culpeper Court House 01 
August 18 to the north side of the Rappahannock River t' 
escape being flanked on his left, crossing on the 19th. 

August 21 Pope's headquarters were at Rappahannoc 
Station on the north side of the river facing south, wit 
the following commands in position awaiting the onset 
Lee and his cohorts : McDowell's, Sigel's, and Banks' 
corps, the latter-named being at and near Beverly's Fore 
leaving his cavalry in observation on the south side. 

The Seventh Regiment O. V. L, being in Banks's corps i 
the Second Division, it is with that division mainly that 
will deal. The enemy on the 20th advanced with thei 
whole army in pursuit of a vanquished foe as they though 
the right wing to the vicinity of Kelly's Ford on the Rapps 
hannock River, the left to the railroad bridge and ford 
above, believing it was possible to force a crossing at th 
ford ; but after a careful reconnaissance they found tli 
upper crossings too well defended and their left win 
marched to reach some point on the river not so well d( 
fended, closely followed by their right wing. 

The Union troops made a dash across the river and er 
gaged the enemy, but their main body pursued' the eve 
tenor of its way and the Union troops retired to the nort 
side of the river, the casualties on both sides being slight. 

At Beverly's Ford, where the Seventh Ohio was st£ 
tioned. General Rosser's brigade of Stuart's cavalry crosse 
and made a lodgment on the east bank, but being unsuj 
ported by infantry, after a brisk skirmish it was forced t 



SECOND BULL RUN CAMPAIGN I97 

retire. The I'nion troops countered by crossing at Free- 
man's Ford and attacked General Trimble, who had been 
left as rearguard by Jackson in his advance to the upper 
crossings. Hood's and Whiting's brigades from Long- 
street's corps reinforced Trimble and the Union troops were 
forced to retire. 

The position on the east bank of the river was higher than 
that of the west, making it possible for the artillery of the 
Union troops to overlook and enfilade the lines of the 
enemy. 

When Jackson's corps left Rappahannock Bridge, a 
strong force of the Union troops passed over to the west 
bank of the river under cover of several batteries stationed 
on the east side. In this movement the Second Division of 
Banks's corps was in reserve. 

General Longstreet put nearly the whole of his artillery 
into position to drive them back, but the Union troops 
fought so stoutly that they did not retire until the evening 
of the 23d, wiien they recrossed the river. 

General Stuart crossed at Waterloo and Hunt's Alill with 
1,500 cavalry and a batter^' of horse artillery of the Con- 
federates, and rode to Catlett's Station via Warrenton, cap- 
turing several prisoners, a large amount of United States 
currency, several dispatches, and part of General Pope's 
efjuipments. He returned to Sulphur Springs on the 23d, 
going into position outside of General Lee's left. The dis- 
patches captured were valuable to Lee, giving the different 
positions ui l'(;pe's army. 

General Jackson crossed over to the east bank of the river 
at Sulphur Springs, but being pressed by Pope he was 
forced to retreat U) an upper crossing, where he could move 
to the west bank again. 

The whole of the 23d and 24th was spent in severe artil- 
lery fire, infantry in support. The Second Division of the 
Second Corps had its share of the peril and losses. 

Pope was reinforced by the divisions of Kearny and 
Reynolds on the 24th. (Jn the 25111 Jackson crossed the 
fords of the upper streams and reached Salem. On the 



198 SDVDNTH RKGIMKNT OHIO VOL,UNTe;KR INI^ANTRY 

26111 he passed through Thoroughfare Gap to Gainesvilk 
where Stuart joined him with all of his cavalry, and th 
combined command reached Bristow Station soon afte 
sunset. Two trains and a number of prisoners were cap 
tured. General Banks's corps was concentrated on this da 
at Sulphur Springs, near Waterloo, and marched on War 
renton in pursuit of Jackson. On the 27th Jackson marches 
to Manassas Junction with the divisions of Taliaferro an^ 
A. P. Hill, leaving Ewell at Bristow Station. On the marcl 
he was attacked by a regiment of cavalry, a brigade of in 
fantry and a battery of artillery, with part of Scammon' 
division in reserve, but brushed them aside and reached th 
junction where the captures, an eight-gun battery complet 
and an immense quantity of army supplies, were divided 
such as could be consumed or hauled off, where he wa 
joined by the divisions of A. P. Hill and Ewell after hood 
winking Pope by false marching, and went into bivoua 
under the cuts and embankments of an unfinished railroad 

On the evening of the 27th Pope had concentrated hi 
troops at Warrenton, McDowell's corps and Reynolds's di 
vision, 15,000; Sigel's corps, 9,000; Banks's, 5,000; Reno's 
7,000; Heintzelman's and Porter's corps, 18,000 — in all 
54,500 men with 4,000 cavalry. In his rear was Jackson 
20,000. On the Rappahannock, Longstreet, 25,000, an( 
R. H. Anderson's division in reserve, 5,000 — total, 50,00c 
with 3,000 cavalry under Stuart. 

On the 26th Longstreet crossed at Hinson's Mill Ford 
leaving Anderson's division on the Warrenton Sulphu 
Spring route. 

Longstreet marched over the route of Jackson via Whit 
Plains and Thoroughfare Gap, crossing two brigades abov 
the Gap and three brigades crossing at Hopewell Pass, an( 
forcing Ricketts, who was on the east side of the Gap, t( 
withdraw to prevent being attacked on flanks and rear. 

On the 28th General Pope ordered McDowell with hi 
own corps and Reynolds's division and Sigel's corps to b 
at Gainesville at nightfall, Reno's corps and Kearney's divi 
sion to Greenwich to support McDowell, and ordered Por 



SECOND BULL RUN CAMPAIGN I99 

ter's corps to remain at W'anenton Junction till relieved by 
I'anks's corps, then to push on to Gainesville, Banks to fol- 
low by the railroad route. 

There was some heavy skirmishing between Jackson and 
Hatch's division, in which two of his brigades lost 751 ofl"i- 
cers and men. 

On the 29th Pope ordered Hooker's and Kearny's divi- 
sions and Reno's corps to reinforce Sigel's corps and Rey- 
nolds's division, the troops in front of Jackson, and that 
McDowell's and Porter's corps march to Gainesville, Banks 
to remain at Kettle Run with his corps, making it the ex- 
treme left of the line. 

At 2 o'clock Kearny attacked Jackson, supported by 
Stevens, and tried to escalade the railroad cut and embank- 
ment behind which was Jackson's corps. He made charge 
after charge, but did not succeed. Generals Hooker and 
Sigel did some desperate fighting, but without any result 
whatever except in one place in the line, where one brigade 
broke through, cutting ofif the extreme left brigade; but 
the enemy reinforcing the broken line, they were driven 
back after losing heavily. 

Longstreet marched in the direction of Gainesville at 
daylight. The tiring of the attacking force operating 
against Jackson became deadly in the extreme, the battery 
on the extreme left of the Union line partially turning Jack- 
son's right. Longstreet's men were thrown forward; 
Hood's two brigades were deployed across the turnpike at 
right angles, supported by the brigade under Evans; Kem- 
per deployed two of his brigades, supported by the Third, 
on the right of Hood. 

The three brigades of Wilcox were posted in the rear of 
Hood and Evans and in close sujjporting distance. lielween 
Hood's left and Jackson's right was an open field. Colonel 
Walton of the Washington Artillery occupied it at once, it 
being a commanding position. 

The division under D. R. Jones deployed in the same 
order as the others, with a crochet to the rear across the 



200 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Manassas Gap Railroad to guard against the forces of the 
enemy from Manassas and Bristow. 

R. H. Anderson's reserve division marched for Gaines- 
ville at daylight along the Warrenton turnpike. 

On the 30th the Union forces were in line — Kearny, 
Ricketts, Hooker, Stevens, Reno, Sigel, King, Porter, 
Sykes, Reynolds, Schenck, Milroy, with Banks on the ex- 
treme left at Kettle Run. Numerous changes were made in 
the position of these troops after they became engaged, 
moving from position to position so as to reinforce certain 
parts of the line which had become weakened by the fierce 
firing. 

The positions of the different commanders of the Con- 
federates remained as stated previously, the only difference 
being that when they advanced they made a half left wheel 
of Longstreet's corps, the different divisions retaining their 
positions in line. 

When Pope was driven back by the terrible onslaught of 
the enemy, Banks's corps was isolated and cut off, as well as 
the wagon-trains and cars loaded with ammunition and sup- 
plies. 

Setting fire to the trains while on the west side of the 
railroad. Banks was forced to march his corps through the 
blazing trains and exploding ammunition, where it was as 
dangerous, if not more so, than in a pitched battle, so as to 
gain the east side of the railroad. 

There was one notable exception as regards the burning. 
Sergt. Levi F. Bauder in command of the ammunition train 
of the First Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps, 
did not burn his, but escaped to Manassas with eighteen 
wagons loaded with ammunition and took with him sev- 
enty or eighty stragglers. 

As soon as all of his troops had passed the obstacle. Banks 
made a forced march via Brentsville to Bull Run, reaching 
there at Blackburn's Ford on the 31st of August. On our 
arrival there the first officer we met was General Kearny. 

September i, we marched on a parallel road with Kearny 
(to the east of his column), bound for Fairfax Court 



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Ilonsc. There was a heavy rain storm, and officers and 
men. thoroughly tired out with marchinf]^ and fighting, 
straggled somewhat. A sharp rattle of musketry to our left, 
and our men closed upon the doul)lc-(|uick on our advance. 
The hring still continuing we formed in line of battle and 
moved to our left so as to join hands with Kearny's division 
as a reserve to his force. 

Generals Kearny and Stevens were killed, and nearly 
2.000 officers and men killed and wountled in a very few 
minutes, as it appeared to us. As soon as we could after the 
battle (which we called Chantilly), we continued our march 
to Fairfax Court House. 

September j. our command marched for Alexandria, and 
was halted near Fort Worth, where we were informed that 
General McClellan had been reappointed to the command 
of the army. 

During the retreat from Cedar .Mountain the Seventh 
Regiment O. V. I. was continually hearing artillery and 
musketry firing, and was in dangerous proximity to moving 
cannon and musket balls. 

The losses on both sides during Pope's retreat from the 
Rappahannock aggregated 15.OCO for the Union and 10,000 
for the Confederate troops. But the loss in weight on ac- 
count of shortage in rations could not be computed, nearly 
every soldier in the command subsisting on green corn for 
several days. Cooking the corn over the embers in this 
campaign was the general and accepted way. 

September 3. we marched to the rear of Fort Richardson. 
situated beyond Alexandria, Va. 

General P.anks's health having failed on this campaign, 
he was relieved from the command of the corps and placed 
in command of the military defenses around Washington. 

General .\. S. Williams was assigned to tempi irarv com- 
mand (jf the corps. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

ANTIETAM. 

By Capt. Geo A. McKay. 

September 4, the corps moved to Georgetown, and cross- 
ing the Potomac on the Aqueduct Bridge marched to Tenal- 
lytown, near Washington, D. C. where they found their 
wagon-train waiting their arrival. 

September 5, the corps moved to Rockville, Maryland, 
situated about sixteen miles from Washington. 

September 6, it was ascertained by reconnaissances of cav- 
alry and infantry that Lee's army had crossed into Mary- 
land. An invasion of the North was threatened, Washing- 
ton and Baltimore were in danger. Our corps moved up in 
line two and one-half miles from Rockville. 

In his advance through Maryland, in pursuit of the 
enemy. General McClellan moved his army in three parallel 
columns, the two corps of Sumner and Williams having the 
central line of march. 

September 9, moved to Middlebrook. 

September 10, moved to within 2 miles of Damascus. 

September 1 1 , moved to Damascus. 

September 12. In General Orders, No. 129, the Presi- 
dent directed that the Second Corps of the Army of Virginia 
should becom.e the Twelfth Corps, Army of the Potomac. 

The corps moved to Ijamsville. 

September 13, moved from Ijamsville to Frederick, ford- 
ing the Monocacy River on the way. It arrived in the same 
fields that were occupied the previous day by the Confeder- 
ate division of Gen. D. H. Hill. Corporal B. W. Mitchell, 
of Company F of the Twenty-seventh Indiana, picked up 
an order written at Confederate headquarters, which was 
at once transmitted through the ordinary medium of com- 
munication to McClellan's headquarters, where it was found 
to be a general order signed by Lee's adjutant-general, giv- 



ANTIETAM 203 

iug directions for the movements of the entire Confederate 
army, thus rcveaHii}^ the plans of the enemy.* 

Fully informed now as to the location and movement of 
each column of the Confederate army, McClellan gave im- 
mediate orders for an advance, overtaking their rear in the 
passes of the South Mountain. Here the enemy had made 
a determined stand, hut was defeated and driven out with 
severe loss. 

Septemher 14. moved forward, passing through Fred- 
erick, where we did not see "Barbara Frietchie or her gray 
head." The troops pushed on to the front, where the fight- 
ing had already commenced, as the marching troops could 
hear the boom of artillery at South Mountain and Harper's 
Ferry. It was past midnight when the head of the column 
reached the field and went into position in reserve. The 
enemy retreated during the night, leaving their dead un- 
buried on the field. 

September 15, Maj.-Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, who 
had l3een assigned to the command of the Twelfth Army 
Corps, joined us while on the march. General Williams re- 
suming charge of the First Division. Resuming the march 
the corps passed over the battlefield, and through Boons- 
boro. The hospitals were filled with Confederate wounded, 
while along the roadside lay many of their dead. That 
night the corps bivouacked in the fields near Keedysville. 
not far from the Antietam Creek. 

September 16, received orders to move and line of battle 
was formed. Just over the low ridge of hills that skirted 
the stream a lively cannonade was in progress that sounded 
as if it were close by. Hooker was shelling the enemy's 
lines on the farther side of the creek; at times a brisk 
skirmish fire was heard, but the corps did no fighting. 

♦The gratification expressed at McClellan's headquarters over this 
event was so pronounced that it was noised about, and coming to the 
ears of a citizen of Frederick, who was a Southern sympathizer, he 
carried the news of it after dark on tlie night of the i^tli to General 
J. E. B. Stuart, who transmitted it to General Lee, who was then at 
Hagcrstawn. — John Brcsnahan, Twenty-seventh Indiana. 



204 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

Everywhere the brigades and divisions of the other corps 
were going into position. As far as the view extended were 
regiments on regiments, many of them closed en masse on 
close column by division that looked like solid squares, with 
their colors in the center. It was a grand, a memorable 
sight. The hours passed quickly, and in the fading light of 
a generous sunset the men prepared their evening meal. 
Then while the bugles were sounding sweet and clear from 
distant camps they made their simple bivouac under the 
starlight and lay down to sleep. But their rest was short. 
At II o'clock the men were awakened and ordered to fall 
in quietly ; they were instructed to make no noise. Silently 
and half asleep the column moved off in the darkness, and 
crossing the Antietam on one of the upper bridges arrived 
at their designated position after a three-hour march. The 
corps was now on the farm of J. Poffenberger, at the right 
of the Union army, and in the rear and partly to the left of 
Hooker's corps, which was in camp on a farm belonging to 
another J. Poffenberger and about one mile distant from 
the Twelfth Corps. A heavy dew was falling, but the men 
threw themselves down in the wet grass for a few hours' 
sleep. They were soon startled from their heavy slumbers 
by a volley of musketry that rang out noisily on the night 
air from a piece of woods close by. It was an accidental 
collision between the Confederate pickets of Hood's division 
and a regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves attached to 
the division commanded by Maj.-Gen. Meade. Nothing 
came of it and soon all was quiet again. 

When day broke on Wednesday morning, the 17th, 
Hooker, looking south from the J. Poffenberger farm along 
the turnpike, saw a gently rolling landscape of which the 
commanding point was the Dunker Church, whose white 
brick walls appeared on the west side of the road backed by 
the West Wood, which sloped toward him, filling a slight 
hollow which ran parallel to the turnpike, with a single row 
of fields between. Beyond the Miller house and barns the 
grounds dipped into a little depression. Beyond this was 
seen a large corn-field between the East Wood and the 



ANTIETAM 205 

turnpike, rising again to the highest level. There was, how- 
ever, another small dip beyond, which could not be seen 
from Hooker's position, and the second ridge, near the 
church, and extending across the turnpike. Eastward into 
the East Wood could be seen the Confederate line of gray, 
partly sheltered by piles of rails taken from the fences. 
They seemed to Hooker to be at the farther side of the 
corn-field and at the top of the first rise of ground beyond 
Miller's. It w^as plain that the high ground about the little 
white church was the key to the enemy's position, and if that 
could be carried Hooker's task would be well done. 

The Confederates opened the engagement by a rapid fire 
from a battery near the East Wood as soon as it was light, 
and Hooker answered the challenge by an immediate order 
for his line to advance. Doubleday's division was in two 
lines. Gibbon's and Phelps's brigades in front supported by 
Patrick and Hofmann. Gibbon had the right and guided 
upon the turnpike. Patrick held a small wood in his rear, 
which is upon both sides of the road a little north of Miller's 
house. Some of Meade's men were supposed to be in the 
northwest extension of the West Wood, and thus to cover 
Gibbon's right flank as he advanced. Part of Batterv B. 
Fourth United States Artillery, was run forward to Miller's 
barn and stack-yard on the right of the road, and fired over 
the heads of the advancing regiments. Other batteries 
were similarly placed more to the left. The line moved 
swiftly forward through Miller's orchard and kitchen gar- 
den, breaking through a stout picket fence on the near side, 
down into the moist ground of the hollow, and up through 
tlie corn, which was higher than their heads and shut out 
everything from view. At the southern side of the field 
they came to a low fence, beyond which was an open field, 
at the farther side of which was the enemy's line. But Gib- 
lion's right, covered by the corn, had outmarched the left, 
which had been exposed to a terrible fire, and the direction 
taken had been a little oblique, so that the right wing of the 
Sixth Wisconsin, the flanking regiment, had crossed the 
turnpike and was suddenly assailed by a sharp fire from the 



206 SEVKNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

West Wood in flank. They swung back into the road, lying 
down along the high, stout post-and-rail fence, keeping up 
their fire by shooting between the rails. Leaving this little 
band to protect their right, the main line, which had come 
up on the left, leaped the fence at the south edge of the 
corn-field and charged across the open at the enemy in front. 
But the concentrated fire of artillery and musketry was 
more than they could bear. Men fell by the hundreds, and 
the thinned ranks gave way and ran for the shelter of the 
corn. They were rallied in the hollow on the north side of 
the field. 

The enemy had rapidly extended his left under cover of 
the West Wood, and now made a dash at the right flank 
and Gibbon's exposed guns. The gunners double charged 
the cannon with canister, and under a terrible fire of both 
artillery and rifles the enemy broke and sought shelter. 
Patrick moved up in support of Gibbon and was sent across 
the turnpike into the West Wood to cover that flank. 

The Confederates advanced again, forcing Patrick to re- 
sume his original line of front and to retire to the cover of 
a ledge at right angles to the road near Gibbon's guns. 
Farther to the left Phelps's and Plofmann's brigades had 
had similar experiences, pushing forward nearly to the 
Confederate lines, and being driven back with great loss 
when they charged over open ground against the enemy. 
Ricketts's division entered the edge of the East Wood, but 
here, at the salient angle, where D. H. Hill and Lawton 
joined, the enemy held the position stubbornly, and the re- 
pulse of Doubleday's division made Ricketts glad to hold 
even the edge of the East Wood as the right of the line was 
driven back. 

It was about 7 o'clock, and Mansfield's corps (the 
Twelfth) was approaching, for that officer had called his 
men to arms at the first sound of Hooker's battle and had 
moved to his support. The corps consisted of two divisions, 
Williams's and Greene's, and were marched to the field in 
columns of battalions en masse. Proper intervals for de- 
ployment had not been preserved and time was necessarily 



ANTIKTAM 207 

lost I)ef(>rc the troops could be placed in line. General 
Mansfield fell mortally wounded before the deployment was 
complete, and the command devolved on General Williams. 
Williams hail only time to take the most general directions 
from Hooker, when the latter also was wounded. The 
Twelfth Corps' attack seems to have been made obliquely 
to that of Hooker, and facing more to the westward, for 
General \\'illiams speaks of the post-and-rail fences along 
the turnpike being a great obstruction to their front. 
Greene's division on the left moved along the ridge leading 
(o the East Wood, taking as the guide for "his extreme left 
the line of the burning house of ]\Iumnia, which had been 
set on fire by D. H. Hill's men. 

In Greene's division was the First Brigade, Second 
Division, Twelfth Army Corps, consisting of the Fifth, 
Seventh, Twenty-ninth, Sixty-sixth Ohio and Twenty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The writer was a 
member of the Seventh Regiment and in future will confine 
himself mainly as to what that regiment, brigade, and di- 
vision did in the battle of Antietam, giving full credit to 
others for what they did so far as lies in his power, w'ith 
malice to none, as tlie rank and file of every corps present 
and in action did their duty w^ll. Some of the most des- 
iderate fighting done during the war took place in its im- 
mediate front. 

Doubleday in his report notices the change of direction as 
indicated above of Williams's division, which had relieved 
him, an<l savs Williams's brigades were swept away by a 
fire from their left and front, from behind rocky ledges 
they could not see. Our officers were deceived in part as to 
the extent and direction of the enemy's line by the fact that 
the Confederate cavalry commander. Stuart, had occupied 
a commanding hill west of the pike and beyond our right 
flank, and from this position, which in fact was considerably 
detached from the Confederate line, he used his batteries 
with such effect as to produce the belief that a continuous 
line extended from this point to the Dunker Church. Our 
two lines of attack were convergent ones, the right sweeping 



208 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

southward along the pike and through the narrow strip of 
the West Wood, while the division which drove the enemy 
from the East Wood moved upon the commanding ground 
around the church. This error of direction was repeated 
with disastrous effect a little later, when Sumner came on 
the ground with Sedgwick's division. 

When Mansfield's corps came on the field, Meade, who 
succeeded Hooker, withdrew the First Corps to the ridge 
north of Poffenberger's, where it had bivouacked the night 
before. It had suffered severely, having lost 2,470 in killed 
and wounded, but it was still further depleted by straggling, 
so that Meade reported less than 7,000 men with the colors 
that evening. Its organization was preserved, however. 

Greene's division, on the left of the Twelfth Corps, 
profited by the hard fighting of those who had preceded it, 
and was able to drive the enemy quite out of the East Wood 
and across the open fields between it and the Dunker 
Church. It was here that Adj. J. B. Molyneaux, of the 
Seventh Regiment O. V. I., disarmed an officer of the 
Confederate army in a hand-to-hand sword combat. 

Just as we emerged from the East Wood Sergt. Jere G. 
Claflin, of Company A. Seventh Regiment O. V. I., was 
wounded, being hit on the shin-bone as he was crossing a 
fallen tree, and for a few minutes the air was blue Avith ex- 
pletives from him on account of the severe pain occasioned 
by the wound. 

Greene succeeded, about the time of Sumner's advance, 
in getting a footing about the Dunker Church itself, but 
only after desperate figh.ting, the enemy lying in windrows 
over the corn-field. This position was held for some time. 

The fighting of Hooker's and Mansfield's men, though 
lacking unity of force and purpose, had cost the enemy dear. 
J. R. Jones, who commanded Jackson's division, had been 
wounded ; Starke, who succeeded Jones, was killed ; Law- 
ten, who followed Starke, was wounded. Ewell's division, 
commanded by Early, had suffered hardly less. Hood was 
sent back into the fight to relieve Lawton, and had been re- 
inforced by the brigades of Ripley, Colquitt, and McRae 
(Garland's) from D. H. Hill's division. 



ANTIETAM 209 

When Greene reached the Diiiikcr Church with his (Hvi- 
sion. consisting of the Seventh O. V. I. and other regiments, 
the Confederates on that wing had suffered more fearfully 
than our own men. Nearly half their number were killed 
and wounded, and Jackson's famous "Stonewall" Division 
was so completely disorgam'zed that only a handful of men 
under Colonels Grigsby and Stafford remained and attached 
themselves to Early's command. 

Of the division under Early, his own brigade was all that 
retained much strength, and this, posted among the rocks in 
the West Wood and vigorously supported by Stuart's horse 
artillery on the Hank, was all that covered the left of Lee's 
army. 

Sumner's Second Corps was now approaching the scene 
of action, or rather two divisions of it — Sedgwick's and 
French's — Richardson's being still delayed till his place 
could be filled by Porter's troops, the strange tardiness in 
senc'ing orders being noticeable in regard to every part of 
the army. Sumner met Hooker, who was being carried 
from the field. 

Both Sedgwick and French marched their divisions by 
the right Hank, in three columns, a brigade in each column, 
Sedgwick leading. They crossed the Antietam by Hooker's 
rdute, but did not march as far to the northwest as Hooker 
had done. When the center of the corps was opposite the 
Dunker Church, and nearly east of it, the change of direc- 
tion was given ; the troops faced to their proper front and 
advanced in line of battle in three lines, fully deployed, and 
60 or 70 yards apart. Sumner himself being in rear of 
Sedgwick's line, and near its left. When they a])proached 
the position held by Greene's division at Dunker Church. 
French kept on so as to form on Greene's left, while Sedg- 
wick, under Sumner's immediate lead, diverged to the right, 
passing tlirough the East Wood, crossing the turnpike on 
the right of Greene and of the Dunker Church, and plunged 
into the West Wood. At this point there were no Confed- 
erates in front of them. 
14 



2IO SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Early was farther to the right, opposing Wilhams's di- 
vision of the Twelfth Corps, and now made haste under 
cover of the woods to pass around Sedgwick's right and to 
get in front of him to oppose l:is progress. This led to 
heavy skirmishing until McLaws's and Walker's divisions 
came upon the field, marching rapidly from Harper's Ferry. 

Walker charged upon the left flank of Sedgwick's lines, 
which were soon thrown into confusion, and McLaws, pass- 
ing by Walker's left, threw his division diagonally upon the 
already broken and retreating line of Sumner. 

All of the troops were rallied at the ridge on the Poffen- 
berger farm, where Hooker's corps had already taken posi- 
tion, supported by thirty pieces of artillery. 

Every effort of Jackson and Stuart to resume the aggres- 
sive or to pass between them and the Potomac was rendered 
abortive. 

The enemy now concentrated upon Greene at the Dunker 
Church, and after a stubborn resistance he, too, was driven 
back, with his division, upon the turnpike and the open 
ground to the edge of the East Wood. Here, bv the aid of 
several batteries gallantly handled, he defeated the subse- 
quent effort to dislodge him. 

It was here that Capt. Wm. A. Howe, of the Seventh 
Regiment O. V. I., while flourishing his sword over his 
head and leading on his men, had the blade of it snapped 
off by a shot from the enemy. The shock from the blow 
temporarily paralyzed his right arm, all that was left of the 
sword being the hilt. 

The battle on the extreme right was thus ended before 
ID o'clock in the morning, and there was no more serious 
fighting north of the Dunker Church. 

French advanced on Greene's left, over the open farm 
lands, and after a fierce combat about the Roulette and Clipp 
farm buildings drove D. H. Hill's division from them. 

Richardson's division came up on French's left soon 
after, having been relieved by Porter's corps, and the enemy 
were pressed back, till after several hours of fighting the 
sunken road, since known as the "Bloody Lane," was in 



ANTIKTAM 211 

our hands, piled full of Confederate dead who had defended 
it with their lives. Richardson was mortally and Barlow 
desperately wounded and Hancock transferred to command 
the division. 

The Confederates duriiii;- this movement ran out of am- 
munition, but securing: enoug^h powder for tiieir artillery, 
they seized a blacksmith shop, and soon its contents, con- 
sisting of wagon chains, hammers, tongs, etc., were sent 
howling over our heads, the noise being simply horrible. 

The head of Franklin's corps (the Sixth) had arrived 
about lo o'clock and taken position near the Sharpsburg 
Bridge, which Sumner had occupied. Smith's and Slocum's 
divisions were ordered to Sumner's assistance, and early in 
the afternoon Irwin and Brooks, of Smith's, advanced to 
the charge and relieved Greene's division and part of 
French's, whose guns were foul, the men out of ammuni- 
tion and suffering for want of water. Greene's division 
had been engaged in battle for about seven hours con- 
tinuously, losing heavily. Just before the division was re- 
lieved tlie writer was severely wounded and taken to the 
brick hospital, together with Sergt. Jere G. Claflin. 

In the battle the Second Division (Greene's) was supplied 
twice with forty rounds per man, from their ammunition- 
train, by Sergt. Levi F. Bander in charge. When it entered 
the battle each man had sixty rounds, making a total of 140 
rounds per man expended by it. 

Where you read Greene's division, read Seventh Regi- 
ment O. V. I., as they w^ere the advance in all of the move- 
ments on the battlefield of the division that day, and held 
on to their position in the Ivist Wood tenaciously from the 
time it was cai)turcd until relieved by Franklin, who with 
Greene held the position until the retreat of Lee to Vir- 
ginia. 

About 5.30 p. M. Greene's division was ordered to form 
in rear of Franklin's corps, in support, by General McClel- 
lan in person. The movement was done promi)tly and we 
lay on our arms all niglit. 

Lieut. -Col. Tyndale, Twenty-eighth Pcnn. V. I., com- 
manding the First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Army 



212 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Corps, was severely wounded, and Lieut.-Col. Orrin J. 
Crane assumed command. 

At JO o'clock A. M., as a diversion, McClellan gave orders 
for Burnside's corps and Cox's division to try to cross the 
Antietam and attack the enemy. This was done by moving 
Rodman's division to a ford below the bridge, and Sturgis's 
over the bridge, strongly supported by Cox's division in 
reserve, although at times it became the front in the dif- 
ferent movements. They were confronted by D. R. Jones's 
division of four brigades deployed on the neighboring hills. 
The advance of the Union troops was supported by 
numerous batteries well posted in commanding positions, 
but inferior to that of the enemy, who appeared to be 
stronger in that arm of the service. Jones's division was 
driven back and the Union troops had partially occupied 
Sharpsburg, when they were confronted by a heavy rein- 
forcement consisting of six brigades under Gen. A. P. Hill, 
who had marched from Harper's Ferry, arriving at noon at 
Sharpsburg. The Union troops were forced to retire, but 
remained in position on the west side of Antietam Creek 
until the Confederates crossed into Virginia on the morn- 
ing of the 19th. 

The losses of the Union troops in this battle were 12,400 
men. Those of the Confederates, as reported by Longstreet 
in his Memoirs, were 13,687. The losses in the Twelfth 
Corps were 1,746, the Seventh O. V. I. losing nearly one- 
half of the number taken into action.* 

September 18, the Twelfth Corps remained on the battle- 
field in line of battle, with arms stacked. 

September 19, marched over the battlefield toward Har- 
per's Ferry, reaching Sandy Hook, Maryland, about 3 p. m. 
September 20, after marching all night. 

September 22, occupied Loudoun Heights, Va., and went 
into camp. 

"Hdqrs. First Brig. Second Div. Banks's Army Corps, 
"Loudoun Heights, Va., Sept. 25, 1862. 

"Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report of 
the part taken by the First Brigade, Second Division, in the 
battle of Antietam, on the 17th Septe mber, 1862. The bri- 

*See Casualty List, p. 640. 



ANTIETAM 213 

gade was composed of the Twenty-eighth Pa. Vols., Maj. 
Ario Pardee, commanding; Fifth Ohio Vols., Maj. John 
Collins, commanding; Seventh Ohio Vols., Maj. O. J. 
Crane, commanding, and the Sixty-sixth Ohio Vols., Lieut. - 
Col. Eugene Powell, commanding. The brigade under com- 
mand of Lieut.-Col. H. Tyndale, Twenty-eighth Pa. Vols., 
was formed at 5.30 a, m. in column of divisions, right in 
front. It was then marched in column about one mile to a 
point of woods, where the enemy were in force and had 
engaged our right, holding them in check. At this point 
the order came to deploy column into line of battle, which 
was promptly executed. We then advanced a short dis- 
tance into the woods, where the enemy were formed under 
cover of a fence. The action then commenced. After ex- 
changmg a few shots the engagement became general, which 
continued for an hour and a half of severe fighting with 
great slaughter to the enemy, when the enemy gave way in 
confusion and disorder before the furious onset of our 
troops. Wq pursued them rapidly, capturing many prison- 
ers, and strewing the ground with their dead and wounded. 
After pressing them closely for a distance of one-half mile, 
we were obliged to slacken our fire, as our ammunition had 
given out, when, receiving a supply, we changed our line by 
the right Hank and marched to an elevation, where we 
awaited the advance of the enemy, who was advancing in 
column of regiments. 

"We then received orders to fall back under cover of the 
hill, and awaited the advance of the enemy. When within 
a short range, our troops were quickly thrown forward to 
the top of the hill, where we poured into their advancing 
columns volley after volley. So terrific was the hre of our 
men that the enemy fell like grass before the mower; so 
deadly was the fire that the enemy retired in great disorder, 
they not being able to rally their retreating forces. 

"We charged them in a heavy piece of woods, driving 
them out of it. capturing a large number of prisoners 
(among them was a lieutenant-colonel and a lieutenant), 
and made terrible havoc in their ranks, covering the ground 



214 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

with their slain, many of them officers. We gained the 
woods, and held our position for two hours. We were then 
ordered to retire and be relieved by other troops, under com- 
mand of General Smith. 

"It is impossible at this time to speak of individual 
bravery, but I can say, without flattery, that all, both officers 
and men of the different regiments of the brigade, nobly 
stood by their colors, and did their duty well on that event- 
ful day. Lieut.-Col. Tyndale, while nobly doing his duty, 
was severely wounded. 

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"Orrin J. Crane, 
"Major, Commanding Brigade. 
"Brig.-Gen. GrEEne, 

"Commanding Second Division." 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

ON LOUDOUN AND BOUVAR HEIGHTS AND THE FIGHT AT 

DUMFRIES. 

While encamped upon Loudoun Heig-hts near Harper's 
Ferry, the Seventh Ohio, whose ranks by reason of its al- 
most continuous active service in the field since leaving 
Camp Dennison. and the casualties of battle, had become 
very much depleted, was materially strengthened on the 9th 
of October by the arrival of Lieut. William D. Shepherd in 
charge of 150 recruits, besides a number of the regiment 
who were returning from hospitals where they had been on 
account of wounds received at the battles of Kernstown, 
Port Republic, and Cedar Mountain. 

These recruits had enlisted just after the news of the snug 
fighting and heavy losses at Cedar Mountain had reached 
northern Ohio, for the distinct purpose of joining the 
Seventh to fill its ranks and strengthen its battle line, and it 
can be most truthfully stated that the subsequent service of 
that organization amply proved that a better class of young 
men than the recruits who came to us at Loudoun Heights 
could not have been found. Above the average in educa- 
tion and intelligence, apt in drill and in learning the duties 
of a soldier, they readily adapted themselves to their sur- 
roundings ; were brave, gallant, and true, and in fact 
measured uj) to the highest standard of American volun- 
teers. 

General Mansfield having been killed at the battle of 
Antietam, Gen. A. S. Williams commanded the Twelfth 
Corps until Octolx?r 20, when ALij.-Gen. Henry W. Slocum 
assumed command. General Slocum was a grailuatc of 
West Point who resigned as early as 1857 to follow civil 
pursuits, but when the call for troops was made early in 
1 86 1 he tendered his services, and on May 21 Ix^camc colo- 
nel of the Twenty-seventh Xew York Infantry. With his 



2l6 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

regiment he participated in the battle of Bull Run on July 
21, 1 86 1, where he was severely wounded. He was pro- 
moted to brigadier-general to date August 9, 1861, and 
when able for duty was given command of a brigade in 
Franklin's division of the Army of the Potomac. 

He went to the Peninsula, where after participating in 
the battles there he was, on the 4th of July, 1862, promoted 
to major-general and given command of a division in Gen- 
eral Franklin's corps. On September 14, 1862, with his 
division, he captured Crampton's Gap in the Catoctin 
Range, and on the 17th took an active part in the battle of 
Antietam. He was modest, quiet, and unassuming, yet 
always measured up to the best standard and was greatly 
beloved by his men. 

On October 21, at 2.30 o'clock a. m., the Second Division 
of the Twelfth Corps, under the command of Gen. John W. 
Geary, who had returned to duty and been given command 
of a division, moved up Loudoun Valley some fifteen miles 
to Lovetsville, where a number of prisoners were taken, the 
command returning to camp the next day. On the 30th 
the Second Division moved camp to Bolivar Heights, across 
the Shenandoah River, where it was more comfortably sit- 
uated. On the 31st Colonel Creighton rejoined his regi- 
ment, having been absent since August 9, on account of a 
severe wound received at Cedar Mountain. 

During the month of November the Second Division 
almost daily performed herculean guard duty some miles 
out toward Charlestown, where General Geary had a corps 
of pioneers cutting all the timber in sight to give clear range 
to his artillery. On October i President Lincoln visited 
General McClellan's army, remaining some days, during 
which he rode over the battlefield of South Mountain and 
Antietam, and also reviewed the troops. Upon his return 
to Washington, President Lincoln issued an order on Octo- 
ber 7 directing General McClellan to cross the Potomac and 
give battle to the enemy, but he did not begin to comply 
with this order until the 26th, and did not get his army 
across until November 3d, which reluctantly compelled his 



t,OUDOUN AND HdlJVAR IIKIGTITS 21/ 

removal fn^ni tlie coniniand of the Army of the Potomac, 
aiul as it subsequently proved, from further military duty 
during that war. Tlie order relievini;- Maj.-Gen. George 
B. McClellan from his position as the commanding general 
of the Army of the Potomac was dated November 5. 1862, 
and was received by him on the 7th. while at Rectortown on 
the Manassas Gap Railroad. He was relieved by Maj.- 
Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. 

On December 2 General Geary, under orders from Gen- 
eral Slocum. moved with his division on a scout, which has 
been \ery ably handled by Sergeant M. M. Andrews of 
Company C, as follows : 

"reconnaissance to WINCHESTER. 

"Our stay at Harper's Ferry, from September 20th to 
December loth. 1862, was characterized by the most severe 
guard duty in the experience of the regiment, and much of 
the romance of war. Our picket lines extended several 
miles through the rough mountains about and toward Win- 
chester in the Valley, which was occupied by the enemy. 
From our first camp on the rocky side of Loudoun Heights 
we looked down upon a splendid panorama of varied 
scenery — the beautiful Potomac and the dashing Shenan- 
doah rivers, joining their waters at the village of Harper's 
Ferry with its (juaint buildings and the U. S. Arsenal in 
niins, and everywhere camps of infantry, artillery and cav- 
alry; while l^eyond, as far as the vision could reach, were 
picturesque forest and mountain. Almost daily the great 
military balloon "Constitution" floated over llic white tents 
below us. 

"The last of October Geary's division moved dmvn and 
camped on Bolivar Heights, relieving Sumner's cori)s. and 
for a month, with other tnjops. was busy strengthening the 
defenses of our position. Heavy details of choppers 
slashed down the trees in our front, our brigade acting as 
pioneer guard between them and the enemy. 

"On December 2. General Geary, under orders from the 
commanding general, began a reconnaissance toward Win- 



2l8 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

Chester, for the purpose of locating the enemy and to ascer- 
tain his strength in the Valley. Our force consisted of 
about 3,000 picked men, 12 pieces of artillery from the dif- 
ferent batteries of the division, and 50 mounts from the 
Maryland cavalry. With well-filled cartridge-boxes and 
haversacks the column started at 6.30 a. m. The boys were 
in fine spirits, with the prospect of active service, and swung 
along in the crisp, frosty air of the early morning, with joke 
and song. 

"Approaching Charlestown (where John Brown was 
tried and hung) our advance had a sharp skirmish with the 
rebel cavalry, resulting in the wounding of four or five of 
their men and several horses killed. They fell back beyond 
Charlestown, where we arrived at 8.30 a. m. 

"As our fellows entered the one street of the village some 
one struck up 'John Brown's Body,' and the rousing song 
was taken up with a volume of sound by the whole column. 
In front of the court-house we halted, and, stacking arms 
for a brief rest, every one was curious to inspect the court- 
room where the old hero was tried, and the field near by, 
where he was executed. 

"Taking up the line of march on the Berryville Pike, we 
soon encountered more rebel cavalry, who retreated before 
our advance to near the hamlet of Berryville, where we 
discovered the enemy in some force on a hill. Knap's 
boys dropped a few shells amongst them, when they with- 
drew toward Winchester. Our advance took possession 
of the hill, and General Geary at once disposed his force in 
order of battle. 

"The Seventh Ohio, with two pieces of Knap's battery, 
took the lead, and our squadron of cavalry was sent for- 
ward in advance. The writer, who was in command of 
Company C, was directed to deploy the company as skir- 
mishers to the right of the road and advance through the 
field to the woods beyond, from which rifle shots were com- 
ing. Just as this movement began our cavalry squad was 
seen galloping back, followed by a large force of rebel 
horsemen — the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry — on a furious 



LOUDOUN AND BOUVAR TIEIGIITS 219 

cliarg^e against our front. Knap's guns swung into posi- 
tion in tlie road and received the rebs with grape; and the 
regiment poured into their ranks a volley of musketry. 
This broke their impetuous charge and turned them back 
in great confusion. They left on the field 4 men mortally 
wounded, who died soon after, and about 20 horses killed 
and disabled. Company C advanced into the woods, where 
we came up against a line of the enemy's skirmishers, and 
drove them steadily before us. 

"When the firing had ceased, an incident of personal in- 
terest occurred which is perhaps worth mention. The 
writer saw a Confederate soldier raise his gun to fire at one 
of the company, but he got the first shot and winged the reb, 
who ran back, holding his arm. Advancing at once to the 
spot, the writer found the reb's rifle and knapsack by the 
tree which had partially protected him. The fresh blood 
on his knapsack told the story of his sudden decision to part 
with it. 

"About dusk our troops bivouacked in line of battle 
behind temporary barricades of fallen trees. The next 
morning. December 3, the march was resumed toward Win- 
chester. Crossing Opequon Creek we came upon a camp 
recently vacated by the rebel Gen. A. P. Hill's corps. The 
whole force was brought up and bivouacked that night on 
the rebel camp-ground. 

"Early Thursday morning we proceeded cautiously to 
Winchester. General Geary sent Dr. Ball, medical director 
of the division, under a flag of truce, into the town to de- 
mand its surrender. The commanding officer replied that 
no resistance would be made; but, learning that there ex- 
isted in the place an epidemic of smallpox. General Geary 
decided not to go in. 

"Gathering up a lot of prisoners, 118 in all. and recap- 
turing some of our own men who had Ix^en taken prisoners, 
our column took up the line of march at about 3 p. m. on 
the Martinsburg turn-pike toward Harper's Ferry. 
Camped that night about six miles from Winchester, and 
next day, December 4. proceeded via Bunker Hill and 



220 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

Smithfield on our return march. The night of the 5th of 
December, we bivouacked in a snowstorm, without shelter, 
or adequate covering to protect us from the severe cold, but 
got some rest ; and next day arrived at Bolivar in excellent 
condition, having made the entire scout without a single 
casualty on the Union side." 

M. M. Andrews, 

On December 10 the Twelfth Corps marched away to 
Hillsboro, Leesburg, Fairfax Court House and Station, 
across the Occoquan, reaching Dumfries Court House on 
the 1 8th, where the Fifth, Seventh, and Sixty-sixth Ohio 
Infantry and a section of McGilvery's Sixth Maine Battery, 
under command of Colonel Charles Candy, were left to 
guard and help keep open a line of communication in the 
rear of the Army of the Potomac then mainly stationed 
about Falmouth on the Rappahannock. Between excessive 
picket duty in many directions and all sorts of rumors with 
reference to possible attack from J. E. B. Stuart's raiders 
by day, and Mosby's Guerrillas by night, the little garrison 
at Dumfries had a strenuous time until the 27th, when 
something occurred of which Comrade Condit of Company 
C has written as follows : 

"the DUMFRIES 'scrap.' 

"In point of magnitude the Dumfries fight was a robust 
skirmish, not to dignify it as one of the smaller conflicts of 
the war. We who were wounded, and our friends, prefer 
to think of that engagement as a battle rather than a skirm- 
ish. Our first fight is always spoken of as the 'battle of 
Cross Lanes,' and although attended by far more disastrous 
results to the regiment, it lasted scarcely 30 minutes, while 
the conflict at Dumfries, with three times the Union troops 
engaged, raged almost continuously from 12.30 p. m. until 
dark. 

"But let us go back a little. The great battle of Antietam 
had been fought on the 17th of September, 1862. Follow- 
ing up the advantage gained, our army slowly felt its way 



LOUDOUN AND B01.1\ AK IlKlGllTS 221 

down the river to Harper's Ferry, and the Seventh Reij:i- 
ment. after wading- both the Potomac and the Shenandoah 
rivers, went into camp on Loudoun Heights for a 'breath- 
ing spell.' From this and the surrounding heights our 
arfny was reviewed by President Lincoln, and the JioHcr this 
writer gave him as he passed along the line he feels sure is 
still reverberating somewhere around Maryland Heights. 
Here the Potomac army took its final leave of 'Little 
Mac' — its old commander — a most unwelcome parting to 
most of us. If there had been giants in those days I am 
sure the regiment would have detailed a large squad of them 
as water-carriers on Loudoun Heights. Carrying water up 
that mountainside was really one of the hardships of the 
war. Some favoring providence coming our way, after a 
few weeks, permitted us to change our base to Bolivar 
Heights, where we later prepared and went into winter 
quarters. From this height the writer was elevated from 
the ranks to that of a corporal — a bit of military history not 
likely to add greatly to the renown of this mountain top 
which Miles and Jackson had just previously made famous. 

"Early December snows had begun to fall upon our 
cabins, and now. alas ! our cozy winter quarters must be 
abandoned. Lee had fallen back and the greater part of 
our army was nearing the Rappahannock hard by Freder- 
icksburg, and on December lo we too were ordered for- 
ward. It was a cross-country march to the south with little 
or no halting until we reached the village of Dumfries on 
Quantico Creek near where it puts into the Potomac. Here 
the 'Ohio Brigade.' consisting of the Fifth. Seventh and 
Sixth-sixth Regiments, was detached and went into camp 
on the 1 8th of December. To this force must be added a 
section of the Sixth Maine Battery and a company of the 
Twelfth Illinois Cavalry, altogether a miniature army con- 
stituting a part of the reserve to and rear protection for 
Bumside's command which was about to strike Lee at 
Fredericksburg. 

"Dumfries was one of those sleepy old towns that one 
would hardly undertake to wake up with a cannon, though 



222 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Gen. Wade Hampton did make the effort on the 12th inst. 
previous to our arrival. Happening that way with some- 
thing over 500 of his cavalry and a field battery, he opened 
on the town just at daybreak. After firing a couple of can- 
non shot he made a dash into the village, capturing the 50 
odd Union troops that garrisoned the place, together with 
24 wagons loaded with sutler's supplies; but this incident 
must have passed from the memory of the then remaining 
villagers after a day or two, for I can not recall its mention 
at the time, nor did I know of the circumstance until 44 
years afterward. But this raid of the 12th of December 
seems to have had its influence. The sutler's goods cap- 
tured had found a responsive welcome on the part of the 
Confederates, whose stomachs were rarely surprised with 
such delicate 'liquids' and 'solids' as our sutler used to hand 
out to us at seven-story prices. The holidays were now 
upon Confederate and Unionist alike, and the said 'liquids' 
and 'solids' of sutler and army supplies may have had more 
to do with this Confederate move on Dumfries than we sus- 
pected at the time. 

"It was 12 o'clock noon, December 27th, 1862, when 
Orderly Sergeant Andrews of Company C and this writer 
threw down a dressed Confederate sheep in front of Joe's 
kitchen. (Joe was our private colored cook.) We had 
killed and dressed this sheep about a mile from camp, tied 
its legs together, through which we ran a pole, and then 
hustled! it into camp on our shoulders. We had killed the 
sheep partly in 'self-defense' and partly because we did not 
have the wealth to put up for a 'sutler's layout' on New 
Year's Day. By the time we had gotten our breath and 
given Joe his orders about a fry for dinner, a cannon ball 
came shrieking over our heads ; then another and another 
passed over the camp close enough to be hair-lifting. 
Plainly it was time to 'get busy.' Our supply of fresh mut- 
ton was a forgotten incident. Everybody was yelling 'fall 
in!' and soon the three regiments and battery were on the 
move to meet the enemy who, as yet, had not disclosed him- 
self to our vision. Our camp lay on the north side of the 



LOUDOUN AND noiJVAR IIKIGIITS 223 

village. Ininicdiatcly on the south side of the town was a 
worn-out open field of considerable proportions. This field 
on its far side to us was skirted with a thicket of second- 
growth pine timber, through which was deployed this Con- 
federate force who had not only 'called' for us who were in 
the ranks, but were there to demand any delicacies Uncle 
Sam and the sutlers had that would be suitable for holiday 
consumption. The reader is already familiar with the Union 
troops under command of Col. Charles Candy, the ranking 
ofiicer of the Post — a command numbering ten to twelve 
hundred soldiers able for duty. But who were these Con- 
federates in front of us? Burnside had been driven back 
at Fredericksburg, in more or less confusion, only two or 
three days before, and this released a part of ]. E. B. 
Stuart's cavalry for a raid in the rear of our main army. 
Confederate history establishes the fact that this particular 
force confronting us at Dumfries was made up of select de- 
tachments from the cavalry brigades of Fitz Ilugh and \V. 
H. F. Lee. with Wade Hampton's division not far away on 
a side mission — all under the personal command of General 
Stuart himself, who admits he had about 1800 men with 
him besides 4 pieces of artillery. There is a question 
whether Wade Ilampton with his command of 870 men 
were actually present and engaged our forces. Colonel 
Creighton of the Seventh had been detailed that morning as 
the general officer of the day. and thus the picket forces 
along the outer defenses fell to his command, while the com- 
mand of the regiment itself devolved upon Major Crane, 
who moved forward with the Seventh in si)lendid order and 
with marked coolness under a galling fire of grape and solid 
shot as we crossed the old field and met the enemy's skir- 
mishers (dismounted), driving them in and holding the 
thicket of pines — a position they stublxirnly resisted, for 
now it was our cover and protection as well as theirs. 

"At this point, and just as I was congratulating myself 
that we were to have this thick woods for protection, I re- 
ceived a severe gun-shot wound in the left thigh, and so I 
must turn to the official reports covering the balance of the 



224 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

engagement. Quoting from Colonel Creighton's official re- 
port of the battle: 'We now changed position by the right 
flank to the crest of a hill on our right, and soon orders 
were received to fall back to the support of the Fifth O. V. 
I., which was supporting the battery in the open field. * 
* * After remaining in this position about an hour, 
we were ordered to support our left with part of the regi- 
ment, moving the right wing about 200 yards to the right. 
With the right wing we opened fire by volley on the enemy 
who were opposing the left center of the main force and 
quickly silenced them. We then received orders to throw 
out heavy pickets to the front and bivouac for the night.' 
This refers, of course, only to the movement of the Seventh. 
The Colonel seems to have been too modest to make any 
mention of the part he bore in this fight as commander of 
the picket forces. Colonel Candy, commanding, in his 
official report says : 'About 3 p. m. tlie enemy moved to the 
right, where they were met by the Sixty-sixth Ohio and a 
part of the Twelfth Illinois Cavalry. Enemy made re- 
peated charges upon this force only to be repulsed. During 
this part of the engagement Colonel Creighton of the Sev- 
enth Ohio, general officer of the day, and Lieutenant Clark 
of the Sixty-sixth, officer in charge of the pickets, displayed 
great coolness and bravery in discharge of their duties.' 
While, of course, no official mention would be made of our 
brave Colonel's enthusiastic reception of the enemy, at this 
time, as he repeatedly rode forward in the open, calling at 
the top of his voice, 'Come on, you devils ! Come on !' 

"The Fifth Ohio, assigned to the support of the battery, 
seems not to have suffered equally with the other two regi- 
ments. During the engagement the battery itself fired 185 
rounds and came off the field without loss of a man or 
horse. During the night the Confederates withdrew from 
the field, and Tf not roundly defeated they were completely 
foiled in their plans for our capture and the much-coveted 
army and sutlers' supplies. 

"The Seventh went into the engagement with 312 men 
and returned to camp with 293. The casualties — omitting 



LOUDOUN AND BOUVAR HEIGHTS 225 

the 'missing' — were as follows: Sylvester Carter, private 
Company B, wounded in head; John Gordon, private Com- 
pany B, taken prisoner; Andrew Atloff, private, Company 

B. taken prisoner; E. M. Condit, corporal, Company C, 
wounded in left thigh; Philip Grigsby, private, Company 

C. left ankle crushed ; Thomas Roff, private. Company D, 
wounded in left leg by grape-shot ; Wm. P. Root, private. 
Company D, wounded in shoulder ; Wm. H. Kibbe, private. 
Company F, wounded in breast; Wm. M. Perry, private, 
Company F, wounded in ankle; Austin Bull, corporal. 
Company G, killed; Stephen Willock, corporal, Company I. 
wounded in ankle. Eight others are reported 'missing,' 
])resumab]y taken ]M-isoners, or may have suffered a worse 
fate. 

"The writer was put out of business so early in the fight 
that he had no opportunity for observation of interesting 
incidents which never find their way into official reports. 
His own experience he regarded as thrilling at the time. 
While I was lying in a depression waiting the hospital 
stretcher which was to bear me to the rear for surgical oper- 
ation, a shell struck into the ground perhaps forty feet back 
of me and then kindly bounded over my head, lighting a few 
rod's beyond- but it' left a 'cloud burst' of gravel and red 
clay behind it which kept falling upon me till I felt sure I 
was to be buried alive. Loaded on to the stretcher I 
passed my gun to a third soldier to carry, remarking to him 
that I would not exchange that gun for any i6o acres of 
land, for the wood of its stock had received and retained a 
bullet at Antietam that would have otherwise hit me in the 
face. We had not proceeded far when a shell came scream- 
ing along our way. The man with my gun did not do the 
natural thing, drop it and run, but striking the posture of 
an athlete, threw the gun fifty to seventy-five feet from him, 
and then got down and ran. That was my army farewell 
to my trusty gun. The ambulance eventually landed me 
in a thicket of brush near the banks of the Potomac, where 
other soldiers were lying on the ground receiving attention 
15 



226 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

from the surgeons. When my turn came I blandly waived 
the anesthetic offered and boldly told the surgeon to 'sail in 
and find that rebel bullet.' After he had slashed into me 
ad libitum he nailed the infernal thing where it was deeply 
imbedded amid arteries and ligaments, that made me howl 
with pain; but the instant I recovered my breath and the 
surgeon handed me the bullet, I exclaimed with deep elo- 
quence, 'Doctor, you're mine for ninety days 1' though why 
I should have thus limited my great admiration for this 
servant of Uncle Sam has never been quite clear to my 
mind. 

"Mixed in with memories of fresh mutton, screaming 
shells, wounds and agonizing yells, Dumfries has still 
another memory which your honored historian — Dr. Wil- 
son — shares with this writer, viz : that we were both made 
sergeants from this headquarters of the Seventh O. V. I. 

"E. M. CONDIT." 



"Headquarters Seventh Regiment O. V. I., 

"Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, 1862. 
"Col. Chas. Candy, 

"Candy's Ohio Brigade. 

"Sir : I would respectfully submit the following report 
of the part taken by the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. in the 
skirmish at Dumfries, Va., December 27, 1862 : 

"Orders were received at these Headquarters about i p. 
M. to 'form the regiment into line, awaiting further orders, 
which was promptly done. Soon we were ordered to 'move 
to the front.' Moved off by the right flank to the crest of 
a hill in the right center of the town, where, forming in line 
of battle, we moved forward to within one hundred (100) 
yards of a pine grove south of the town. The First Mary- 
land Cavalry being in front and falling back under the first 
fire of the enemy, we fixed bayonets and walked promptly 
forward to the edge of the grove, our left resting on the 
Telegraph road, at which point the rebels opened fire upon 
us with a few shots which were quickly responded to, 



LOUDOUN AND COI.IVAR IlKlGHTS 22/ 

though after the loss of two wounded men. We now 
changed position by the right flank to the crest of a hill on 
our right, and soon orders were received to fall back to the 
support of the Fifth O. V. I., whicli was supporting the bat- 
tery in the open field. In pursuance of which orders we 
took position with our right resting on the wood road which 
runs parallel with the Telegraph road. After remaining in 
this position about one hour, we were ordered to support our 
left with part of the regiment, moving the right wing about 
the distance of two hundred (200) yards to the right. 
With the right wing we opened fire by volley on the enemy 
who were opposing the left center of the main force, and 
quickly silenced them. We then received orders to throw 
out heavy pickets to the front and bivouac for the night. 
"I have the honor to further report as follows : 

Number present in action, . . 312 

Number killed, ...,.., i 

Number wounded, 8 

Number missing ( i of whom is prisoner), 6 

Number prisoners, 2 

Number stragglers, 2 

19 

*Total returned from battle 293 

"I have the honor to be 

"Your most obedient servant, 

"Wm. R. Crkigiiton, 
"Col. Comdg. Regt." 



*Scc Casualty List, p. 642. 



CHAPTER XXV. 

FROM DUMFRIES TO CHANCFUvORSVILLF 

From December 27, 1862, to April 20, 1863, the troops 
at Dumfries devoted much time to the strict performance 
of picket duty with a view to being prepared for every 
emergency, but they were not again disturbed by the enemy. 

Akhough this command was isolated and small, offering 
a tempting bait to Stuart's raiders, yet it passed the winter 
pleasantly, as it was, as a rule, not only supplied with ordi- 
nary hardtack, beans, coffee and bacon, and occasionally 
treated to soft bread and diessicated potatoes and vegetables, 
but frequently feasted upon Potomac oysters, on the side, 
while in addition to all this liberal furloughs were granted 
and taken advantage of by many to visit home and friends 
once more. 

All this, with the return of many who had been absent 
sick, and wounded, and in prison, reinforced and encour- 
aged the membership of all their regiments, giving new 
tone and animation to the entire command. 

While at Dumfries, however, the Seventh met with heavy 
loss in the resignation of Lieut. -Col. Joel F. Asper, Capt. 
Charles A. Weed, Capt. J. B. Molyneaux, and First Lieuten- 
ant and Adjutant William D. Shepherd, all of whom had 
served faithfully since the organization of the regiment at 
Camp Dennison, and been repeatedly tried in the fire of 
battle. 

While there, Colonel Creighton was for a time in com- 
mand, as witness the following: 

"Dumfries Court-House, Virginia, 

"February 25, 1863. 
"Lieut.-Col. H. C. Rogers, 

"Assistant Adjutant General: 
"Our scout brought in information this evening that he 
was told by a citizen that the enemy's cavalry intended 



DUMFRIES TO CIIANCEI.LORSVILLE 229 

making- a raid on this place, to capture the commissary 
stores," etc., supposing that the new picket hue estahhshed 
last Sunday was simply a ruse, and supposing that we have 
left. 

"From what information he could get in regard to posi- 
tion of cavalry, the Prince William Cavalry was at White 
Sulphur Springs, with five light pieces of artillery; the 
Black Horse Cavalry are at Warrenton. We will be on the 
alert, and are able to repel any attack of their cavalry. 

"W. R. CrEic.iiton, 
"Colonel, Commanding Brigade and Post." 

On March 20 many of the Seventh who were captured 
at Cross Lanes on August 26, 1861, and had been in prison 
in Richmond, New Orleans, and Salisbury, having been 
duly exchanged, rejoined their companies and were given 
a cordial welcome. 

On January 25, 1863, Maj.-Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside 
was relieved by order of President Lincoln and Maj.-Gen. 
Joseph Hooker was assigned to the command of the Army 
of the Potomac, then mainly in the vicinity of Fredericks- 
burg, where it had recently met a most signal defeat. 

The new commanding general had had large experience 
as a brigade, division and corps commander in the army he 
was now called upon to lead to victory, and was far and 
near favorably known as a ready and steady fighter, having 
been dubbed by his admirers as "Fighting Joe Hooker." 

He at once set to w^ork to restore tone and confidence to 
his men. and to bring back to their places at the front the 
more than 85,cxDO ofiicers and men then "absent without 
leave." 

In this he was cordially assisted by President Lincoln, 
who issued a proclamation extending clemency to every 
officer and soldier, then so absent, who would report for 
duty within the next thirty days. On March 21 General 
Hooker issued an order establishing corps badges, to be 
worn by officers and men to indicate the corps and division 
t(> which they belonged. The Twelfth Corps badge was a 



230 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

five-pointed star. First Division, red; Second Division, 
white; Third Division, blue. 

As early as April 11 the commanding- general informed 
President Lincoln that he intended to move against General 
Lee to the right, and the cavalry under General Stoneman 
was directed to move to the enemy's rear on the 13th. 

On April 19 orders came for the troops stationed at Dum- 
fries to be ready to march at 6 a, m. on the morrow. 

The next day a short march to the front was made; 
Hartwood Church reached on the 21st; Stafford Court 
House passed on the 22d ; paid off on the 27th ; near Kel- 
ly's Ford on the 28th; crossed the Rappahannock at Kel- 
ly's Ford and the Rapidan at Germanna Ford on the 29th, 
and reached Chancellorsville at 2 p. m, on the 30th. 

The troops then up were the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth 
Corps, with Pleasonton's cavalry; and all under the com- 
mand of Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Slocum, the commander of 
the Twelfth Corps. 




BAI)(;i. OF I'liE SECOND DI\'ISI()N 
12tli and I'Oili Army Corps 




BATTLEFIELD OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, VA. 
May 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

tup: batti.k of chancei.i.orsviu,k. 

As a place. Chancellorsville consisted of one stately man- 
sion with oiit-bnildings. and a blacksmith shop, located 
twelve miles west of Fredericksburg at the intersection of 
the Plank and WiUlerness roads leading to that point, and 
in the midst of a densely wooded country. 

The cavalry attached to the Fifth Corps, which was com- 
manded by Gen. George G. Meade, crossed the Rapidan at 
Ely's Ford, reaching Chancellorsville as early as 1 1 a. m. 
of April 30. while his infantr}^ came up at i p. m. ahead 
of the Twelfth Corps, which arrived at 2 p. m. 

The Twelfth Corps at once took position in the woods, 
on a line nearly parallel to the Plank road, with the left rest- 
ing near the Chancellor house and the right near a church 
about one and a half miles therefrom. 

The Eleventh Corps joined the right of the Twelfth, 
with its right resting on Hunting Creek. The Fifth Corps 
extended from the left of Geary's division of the Twelfth 
Corps toward the United States Ford on the Rappahannock. 

Knap's and Hampton's batteries were posted at a point 
alx)ut two hundred and fifty yards in front and slightly to 
the left of the Chancellor house, commanding the approach 
by the Plank and Wilderness roads, and were supported by 
the Seventh Ohio and the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, who thus composed the extreme left of Geary's line, 
the remainder of the First Brigade forming on the right of 
the Plank road, the Second on the right of the First, the 
Third on the extreme right of the division. 

In accordance with his usual custom as a careful com- 
mander, no sooner had his division formed line than Gen- 
eral Geary ordered his pioneer corps to construct abatis by 
cutting down the brushwood and trees in front, and in ad- 



232 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

dition barricaded the Plank road by placing large timbers 
across it. 

In this position, with strong pickets out, the command 
rested during the night, and General Hooker's expressed 
desire that not a moment be lost until his advance troops 
were established at Chancellorsville, where he was then in 
person and in command of the Second, Fifth, Eleventh and 
Twelfth Corps, had been realized. 

On May i, by 9 a. m., General Sickles reported the cross- 
ing of his Third Corps, which was then temporarily posted 
to strengthen and extend the right of the line, at and beyond 
the right of the Eleventh Corps. 

At II A. M. a general order was issued for an advance 
toward Fredericksburg, and after the troops had, with 
great effort, pushed out through the almost impenetrable 
thickets, a ^listance of a mile and a half, they were ordered 
back to their original position. 

By way of explanation of this movement it may be stated 
that in a message to his Chief of Staff, who had been left in 
charge of general headquarters near Fredericksburg, the 
Commanding General said : 

"ChanceIvIvOrsvii.lE, Va., May i, 1863. 
"Maj.-Gen. Buttereieed: 

"After having ordered an attack at 2 p. m., and most of 
the troops in position, I suspended the attack on the receipt 
of news from the other side of the river. 

"Hope the enemy will be emboldened to attack me. I 
did feel certain of success. If his communications are cut 
he must attack me. 

"I have a strong position. 

"Joseph Hooker, 
"Major-General." 

He also, at 6 p. m., instructed his corps commanders to 
set their pioneers to work in their front to make abatis and 
clearing for their artillery, and to keep them at work during 
the entire ni^-ht. 



BATTLE OF CIIANCELLORSVILLrE 233 

At about 7.30 p. xM. there was supposed to have been a 
sudden advance of the enemy directly in front of Knap's 
and Hanipton's batteries, reinforced by two sections of 
Bruen's New York battery and a section of Battery F, 
Fourth U. S. Regulars, under Lieutenant Muhlenberi^-. 
which for a time caused the most spirited artilleiy and in- 
fantry firing by the batteries named, supported by the Sev- 
enth Ohio and Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania. Captain 
Knap reported that some 300 rounds were fired. During 
this affair and while the Seventh Ohio was lying down in 
front of the guns, shots were fired so low by the Regulars 
as to kill Cheney of Company A and wound several others. 

This most lamentable carelessness on the part of the gun- 
ners caused great sorrow and indignation and nearly caused 
a riot. 

On the morning of ]\Iay 2 the men of the First Brigade 
were greatly surprised to see a column of rebel infantry ap- 
proaching on the Plank road, entirely oblivious of danger, 
until fired into by infantry and artillery. The following 
explanation is found in an extract from the official report 
of Brig.-Gen. Alfred Iverson, C. S. A. 

"Immediately after daylight on the morning of Alay 2 I 
was directed by General Rodes to relieve the brigade of 
General Ramseur, then posted in front and to the riglit of 
the Plank road leading into Chancellorsville. I passed the 
ix>int occupied by General Ramseur without perceiving it, 
owing to his being posted in dense woods and the courier 
who had been directed to show me the position not being on 
the spot where I expected to find him, and came in sight of 
the enemy about 400 yards distant, whom I mistook for 
General Ramseur's troops till they saluted me with a shower 
of Minie balls, followed by canister, wounding four or five 
men of the Twenty-third North Carolina troops. The bri- 
gade was moved by the right flank into the woods, and by 
the rear of column back to the position of General Ram- 
seur." 

The comrades present will readily recall the spirited duel 



234 SEVENTH RKGIMUNT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

which also took place in the early morning of that date 
between a rebel battery which attempted to locate in an open 
space more than a mile distant but was greeted with such a 
warm reception by the expert gunners of Knap's battery, as 
to cause it to hurriedly move out of range. Captain Knap 
said : 

"On the morning of the 2d a battery was brought to bear 
on our flank, and four guns of Knap's were placed in posi- 
tion, which in about forty-five minutes succeeded in 
silencing the enemy, exploding two of his caissons and dis- 
mounting one of his pieces. Two hundred rounds were 
fired, and three men and three horses of Knap's wounded." 

Early on the morning of May 2d General Hooker rode 
the line, when he was greeted most enthusiastically by his 
troops, and upon his return to the Chancellorsville house the 
following order was issued : 

"Chanceli^orsvillE, Va., May 2, 1863 — 9.30 a. m. 
"Major-Generals Howard and Slocum : 

"I am directed by the Major-General commanding to say 
that the disposition you have made of your corps has been 
with a view to a front attack by the enemy. If he should 
throw himself upon your flank, he wishes you to examine 
the ground and determine upon the positions you would take 
in that event, in order that you may be prepared for him in 
whatever direction he advances. He suggests that you 
have heavy reserves well in hand to meet this contingency. 
The right of your line does not appear to be strong enough. 
No artificial defenses worth naming have been thrown up, 
and there appears to be a scarcity of troops at that point, 
and not, in the General's opinion, as favorably posted as 
might be. We have good reason to suppose that the enemy 
is moving to our right. Please advance your pickets for 
purposes of observation as far as may be safe, in order to 
obtain timely information of their approach. 

"J. H. Van Aean, 
"Brigadier-General and Aide-de-Camp." 



BATTLK OF CIIANCKLLORSVIIXK 235 

With such a correct and coiiiprohciisive view of the situ- 
ation on tlie right of his hue at that early hour, without ex- 
planation it seems utterly impossihle that within a few hours 
Stonewall Jackson could appear unheralded with 25,000 
men and without any semhlance of serious opposition sweep 
every vestige of the right of Hooker's line from the field. 
I'.ut to go back a little. As early as April it. in a message 
from General Hooker to President Lincoln, he said in 
reference to this Chancellorsville movement : 

"I am apprehensive that the enemy will retire from before 
me the moment I should succeed in crossing the river, and 
over the shortest line to Richmond, and thus escape being 
seriously crippled. I hope however that when the cavalry 
have established themselves on the line between him and 
Richmond, they will be able to hold him and check his re- 
treat till I can fall on his rear, or if not that, I will compel 
him to fall back by the way of Culpeper and Gordonsville, 
over a longer line than my own, with his supplies cut off." 

So here we find General Hooker, with all his experience 
in fighting the troops under General Lee and Stonewall 
Jackson, on the Peninsula, under General Pope, and at 
Antietam and Fredericksburg, stating to his chief he feared 
that as soon as he crossed the Rappahannock they would in- 
gloriously fly the field and hasten to Richmond, without 
stopping to measure swords with him, unless his little hand- 
ful of cavalry could head them off and hold them up until 
he could '*fall upon their rear." 

It therefore appears that wlicn in the afternoon of May 
2 the troops in Sickles's cor]xs ( which had been brought up 
from the extreme right and placed between the Eleventh 
and Twelfth corps) discovered the enemy in the distance 
crossing their front in the direction of Culjjeper, this hal- 
lucination of the Commanding General took possession of 
other prominent officers until it was noised about, and by 
some believed, that the enemy was in full retreat. 

Nor was this all ; with the consent of General Hooker, 
General Sickles with the Third Corps, supported by \\ 



u- 



236 seve;nth regiment ohio voeunteer infantry 

liams's division of the Twelfth, and Barlow's brigade (the 
only reserve which General Howard had) of the Eleventh 
Corps, moved out of line toward the supposed retreating foe 
and were in that position at about 6 p. m., when Stonewall 
Jackson, having during the day passed his command from 
the Plank road to the left front of Chancellorsville, to and 
beyond the extreme right of the Eleventh Corps, bore down 
upon the thin and unsupported line, like an avalanche, where 
blind panic and great confusion reigned supreme. Officers 
were hastily sent to recall Generals Sickles, Williams, and 
Barlow, who were so much needed to stem the tide of bat- 
tle going against the Union forces, but of little avail that 
night, as the enemy virtually had their own way until Stone- 
wall Jackson was wounded at about 9 p. m. 

At about 5 p. M. of the 2d, when General Williams moved 
out of line in support of General Sickles, General Slocum 
directed General Geary to advance his division and feel the 
enemy. General Geary said : "I was ordered by the Gen- 
eral Commanding to move out on the Plank road with a por- 
tion of the command, for the purpose of cutting off the train 
of the enemy, who was supposed to be retreating toward 
Gordonsville." The Seventh Ohio and Twenty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Regiments moved out along the Plank road, 
where they found the enemy in force, and while advancing 
to the attack were fired into by troops in their rear, it was 
believed, with fatal effect, to members of the Seventh, who 
were on the right of the Plank road. 

Orders were sent for these regiments to fall back, but 
failing to reach them, they held on hotly engaged until their 
ammunition became exhausted. That night, when the en- 
tire force which had been occupying the Eleventh Corps 
line had been swept away and rapidly pursued some miles by 
Stonewall Jackson's noisy and defiant fighters, Geary's di- 
vision was sorely tried by the fleeing host, who in many in- 
stances plunged through their line of battle regardless of en- 
treaty or command. 

At early dawn on the 3d Stonewall Jackson's troops, then 
marshaled under that famous cavalry commander. Gen. J. 



BATTI.K or ClIANClvLLORSVILLK 237 

II. B. Stuart, made prompt and vigorous attack upon the 
Third Corps and Wilhams's division of the Twelfth Corps, 
now Hned up on the right, and were most successfully helcl 
at bay until about 8.30 a. m., when, having exhausted their 
ammunition and no response having been made to their 
urgent calls for both ammunition and reinforcements, they 
reluctantly yielded the field and took position near the 
Chancellor house. Geary's division, still holding its line 
from the Chancellor house to the right, had been hotly en- 
gaged, holding its own, but when that sturdy fighter Gen- 
eral Williams with his gallant men retired, with loud shouts 
the enemy came bearing down, to close the contest. Gen- 
eral Geary said : 

"About 8 o'clock the division was in the trenches, ex- 
posed to a terribly raking and enfilading fire from the enemy, 
who had succeeded in turning the right flank of the army, 
leaving us exposed to the full fury of his artillery, while at 
the same time attacks were made upon us in front and flank 
by his infantry. 

"Thus hemmed in. and apparently in danger of being cut 
off. I obeyed an order to retire and form my command at 
right angles with the former line of battle, the right rest- 
ing at or near the brick house, the headquarters of General 
Hooker. 

"While in the execution of this order, and having with- 
drawn the command and in the act of forming my new 
front, General Hooker came up and in person directed me 
to resume my original position and hold it at all hazards. 

"I accordingly advanced again into the trenches with the 
h^irst Brigade. Greene's and Kane's having, in the confusion 
of the moment and conflict of orders, become separated from 
the command and retired to a line of defense in a woods to 
the north of the Chancellor house. Upon regaining the 
breastworks I found that the Sixtieth and One Hundred and 
Second New York Volunteers, of Greene's brigade, had l)een 
left behind when the command had retired, and were now 
hotly engaged with the enemy, who were attempting 
breaches throughout the whole length of my line, and in 



238 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

many places actually occupied it. These two regiments 
had captured some thirty prisoners and a battle-flag of the 
enemy, the One Hundred and Second having captured that 
of the Twelfth Georgia. 

"Our men here, after a fierce struggle, took a number of 
prisoners, who had advanced into our works under the im- 
pression that we had abandoned them. 

"The fire upon our lines was now of the most terrific 
character I ever remember to have witnessed. Knap's and 
Hampton's batteries had been ordered to take part in the en- 
gagement in another part of the field. Two brigades of my 
command were separated from me, and, had I even known 
their locality, could not hope to have them reach my posi- 
tion. I was thus left with but Candy's brigade and two 
regiments of Greene's, and Lieutenant Muhlenberg with 
two sections of Bruen's battery and one of Best's. Against 
this comparatively small body the whole fury and force of 
the enemy's fire seemed to be concentrated. Three of his 
batteries engaged Lieutenant Muhlenberg in direct fire at 
about one mile range. A heavy battery completely enfi- 
laded our works from the right ; while one in front played 
upon us at short range with destructive effect, and under 
cover of these guns the infantry, becoming emboldened by 
the near approach of what seemed to them our utter and 
total annihilation, charged upon us repeatedly and were as 
often repulsed. 

"At this stage of the action the enemy suffered severely 
at our hands. 

"Candy's brigade seemed animated by a desire to contest 
single-handed the possession of the field, and before the 
deadly aim of our rifles rank after rank of the rebel in- 
fantry went down, never to rise again. 

"This brigade had been in many well-fought actions, and 
their coolness and courage were conspicuous on this occa- 
sion, and told with fearful effect on the rebel lines. When 
the order was given by me to retire by the left flank, the 
movement was executed in excellent order, and even at that 
time the parting volleys of this brigade were given with an 



BATTLK ()!• ClIANCELrLORSVIUvK 239 

earnestness of will and purpose that showed their deter- 
mination to avenge the death of their comrades if they 
could not avert the issue of the day ; but the odds against 
us were too fearful to render the contest one of long dura- 
tion, and. finally, after suffering very severe loss, and find- 
ing the enemy almost entirely enveloping my front, right, 
and rear, the order of General Slocum to retire was obeyed 
in a soldierly and masterly manner." 

No better illustration of the condition of affairs upon 
that part of the field can be given than that shown in Gen- 
eral Gear\''s report, wherein lie admits having left two regi- 
ments to their fate when his division first retired, and then 
lost two brigades out of three, without knowing whither 
they had gone. Pandemonium and wild panic reigned su- 
preme and the wonder is that any of Candy's brigade and 
the two New York regiments escaped utter annihilation and 
capture. While in the midst of all this seething fire of 
battle. Colonel Candy paid the Seventh Ohio a high com- 
pliment. \\'ishing to retire his brigade gradually and in 
good order, he said : 

"I immediately placed the Seventh Ohio in position to 
support the remainder of the brigade, and cover them until 
such time as they could reform, which was done gallantly." 

The withdrawal of the Seventh from the trenches and 
placing it in the open where it was to not only stand fast 
but do all it could to hold back the enemy then advancing 
in many directions, was indeed a crucial test, but their 
brigade commander said that this "was done gallantly." 

Colonel Creighton's official report of this battle is as fol- 
lows : 

"Headqu.artkrs. Skvkntii Rkct. Ohio Voluntkers, 

"Near Aquia Landing. Va., May 9th. 1863. 
"CoL. Ctias. Candy, 

"Comdg. ist Brig.. 2d Div.. 12th A. C. 
"Colonel : I have the honor to submit the following re- 
port of the part taken by the Seventh Regiment O. V. I.. 



240 seve;nth regiment ohio voeunteer ineantry 

in the late engagement at Chancellorsville, Va. The regi- 
ment arrived at Chancellorsville Thursday p. m., April 30, 
and camped for the night on the road leading southeast 
from Chancellorsville to the south of Fredericksburg Plank- 
road. Friday, the ist inst., the regiment was unemployed 
until II A. M. when it advanced with the brigade 
out on the south and east roads and formed part of the sec- 
ond line of battle in the open wood'-lot facing southeast. 
From this point it moved east with the brigade through 
the woods about half a mile, remaining there until or- 
dered back. It leturned to camp about 4 p. m. and in a 
short time was ordered farther back and formed the second 
line of battle facing south at the edge of the wood directly 
south of the large brick house called the Chancellorsville 
place. Just before dark the regiment was ordered by Gen- 
eral Geary to move to the left to support Knap's Pennsyl- 
vania battery against an attack coming from the woods 
bordering on the southeast road. At this point, while ly- 
ing on the ground, one man was killed and two severely 
wounded from Company A, by the carelessness of Battery 
F, Fourth U. S. Artillery, which was in our rear. The 
regiment remained near this point during the night and 
forenoon of the following day, the 2d inst., supporting 
Knap's battery, but was not actively engaged. 

"About noon of this day we were ordered to move out on 
each side of the woods leading southeast to support skir- 
mishers from the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. 
and to clear the woods of the enemy's skirmishers and 
sharpshooters. * * * During the early part of this en- 
gagement some of the regiments in our rear, believed to be 
from General Kane's brigade, commenced firing over us and 
to our right and left, supposing that we were outflanked, and 
thereby creating some confusion, but which was soon 
remedied. On the right wing several men were believed to 
have been killed by this fire. The Twenty-eighth Pennsyl- 
vania skirmishers soon fell back and our regiment took the 
advance, moving steadily forward on both sides of the road, 
with flankers out, and driving the enemy back and holding 



BATTLK OF CHANCKlvW)RSVIIvLU 24 1 

Iiini for two hours. W'c then retired without eonfusion, 
and when clear of the woods halted until ordered back to the 
entrenchments. During this engagement the loss in the left 
wing was very slight, a few being wounded only, but the 
right wing lost severely considering the nature of the en- 
gagements. After arriving at camp the regiment again 
formed part of the second line of battle in its old position 
at the edge of the woods opposite the brick house, and re- 
mained there during the night. At daylight, Sunday morn- 
ing. May 3, we were ordered to the left of Best's battery, 
situated at the left of the old rifle-pit, which is south of the 
Fredericksburg road, and remained there until 8 o'clock. 
At this time the regiment was sent to occupy the rifle-pit 
and remained in it wdiile the troops were falling back across 
the cleared field south of the Plank road. It then left the 
pit, formed under the fire of the batteries at the west end of 
the field, and moved back to the left and rear of Best's bat- 
tery and lay there while the brigade occupied the breast- 
works and wood opposite the brick house. During all this 
time the regiment was under a severe fire from both front 
and rear, and a portion of the time receiving also musketry 
fire of the enemy with whom the brigade was engaged. 
The brigade finally being forced from the w'oods, passed 
over the regiment and formed in its rear, and the order was 
then given to advance and if possible clear the w^oods. The 
order was ol^eyed w^ith alacrity, and the Seventh Ohio led 
the w-ay, supported by the other regiments to the left and 
rear and driving back the enemy for a considerable distance, 
until seeing no support for the brigade it fell back to the left 
of the battery again, lying down in the road until the shell- 
ing became too heavy. At about 1 1 o'clock a. m. the regi- 
ment and the brigade withdrew across the cleared field east 
of the brick house, turning through the woods on the north 
side of the road and losing a number of men from the 
enemy's guns shelling the woods as we retired, .\bout two 
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242 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

miles from the battlefield on the road to the U. S. Ford, the 
regiment was halted and rested some time in the afternoon, 
when it moved up the road a mile. Here it remained until 
II o'clock at night, when it was ordered back down the 
road, where it occupied a rifle-pit on the left of the line and 
about one-half mile from the river. It remained here 
through the night and until 4 p. m. of Monday the 4th inst., 
when it was relieved by the Fifth Ohio, and ordered to 
move by a circuit to the left, where it encamped for the 
night in the ravine near the river. During the afternoon 
of the 5th inst. it was employed in the entrenchments on the 
left until dark. At half past ten o'clock Tuesday night the 
order to be ready to move was received, but the regiment 
did not leave its position until twenty minutes before four 
Wednesday morning, the 6th inst. At a quarter before five 
the same morning it crossed the pontoon at U. S. Ford to 
the north side of the Rappahannock and arrived at its old 
camp near Aquia Landing, Va., early Thursday afternoon, 
the 7th inst. 

"I cannot close this report without mentioning the offi- 
cers under my command. Lieut. -Col. O. J. Crane, Capt. 
Samuel McClelland (the bravest of the brave). Captains 
Kreiger and Wilcox, Adjutant Lockwood. Lieutenants 
Clark, Howe, Braden, McKay, Spencer, Bohm, Dean, and 
Cryne, all exhibited the most daring bravery, obeying every 
order promptly. The same can be said of privates as well 
as officers ; not a man wavered, but all performed their du- 
ties bravely. 

"I remain. Colonel, very respectfully your obedient ser- 
vant, 

"WiEUAM R. CrEighton, 
''Col. Comdg. Seventh Ohio." 

The Rebellion Records accredit the Seventh Ohio with 
the capture of a flag at the battle of Chancellorsville, as 
shown by the following : 



HATTLK ()!• CIlANClXUORSVILlvK 243 

"HivAUQUARTKRS, ArMY OF THE PoTOMAC. 

"Camp near Fal,mouth, Va., June i, 1863. 
"Circular, 
"l^ut five only of the fifteen colors captured during the 
recent battles have been received, to wit, those taken by the 
Forty-ninth, Seventy-seventh, and One Hundred and Sec- 
(ind New York, the One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsyl- 
vania, and the Seventh Ohio Regiments. Corps and other 
independent commanders will forward forthwith to these 
headquarters any flags captured by their respective com- 
mands not already sent in. 

"By command of Maj.-Gen. Hooker. 

"S. Williams, 
"Assistant Adjutant-General." 
(Series i. Vol. XXV, Part 11, Correspondence, etc.. Re- 
hellion Official Records.) 

On the night of May 3 Geary's division formed along the 
new line of battle back toward the Rappahaimock. where it 
remained without further incident until the morning of the 
6th, when it crossed the river at the U. S. Ford, and on the 
/th again encamped near Aquia Creek, where it was before 
the battle. 

General Hooker's losses in the Chancellorsville campaign 
are placed at 17.287, while those of General Lee were 10,- 
281. The loss in the Seventh Ohio is given in the Official 
Records as 16 killed, 62 wounded, and 21 missing; total, 
99. Its loss in killed and wounded exceeded that of any 
other regiment in the First Brigade, and was only excelled 
by one regiment in the division.* 



INCIDENTS OE THE BATTLE OE CHANCELLORSVILLE. 

While the Seventh Ohio was at Dumfries. Scrgt. Wil- 
lard P. Tisdcl of Company D obtained a furlough and vis- 
ited his relatives and friends in Painesville, Ohio, but when 

*See Casualty List, p. 642. 



244 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

he returned the Chancellorsville campaign was on, with his 
regiment south of the Rappahannock, and its exact location 
not definitely known at Aquia Creek, where he could with 
every propriety have remained in safety ; but disdaining to 
do so while his comrades were exposed to danger, he ob- 
tained permission to go to the front and joined them while 
in line of battle near the Chancellor house. His appear- 
ance and jovial and breezy greeting caused a shout to go up, 
while he proceeded to distribute the small packages, letters, 
and verbal messages he had brought with him. 

This manly exhibition of true courage and high sense of 
duty won for Sergeant Tisdel the soldierly regard and re- 
spect of all his associates. That night, however, he ap- 
peared in something of a comical role. When the Eleventh 
Corps had passed to a place of safety and Stonewall Jack- 
son had been placed hors dc combat and matters had quieted 
down for the night, a few men at a time were permitted to 
go to the rear, where fires would not draw the shots of the 
enemy, to make coffee, and among them Sergeant Tisdel. 
Stepping back some distance he came near a cheerful and 
inviting camp-fire, and at once proceeded to hold his little 
coffee pail over the flames, but had not been long thus en- 
gaged when a somewhat distinguished individual ap- 
proached and said, "Who you vos ?" Now in those days if 
Sergeant Tisdel lacked anything, it was not a spirit of inde- 
pendence and assurance, so he promptly replied, "I am Ser- 
geant Tisdel, of the Seventh Ohio Infantry." The other 
party observed him for a moment, until the little coffee pail 
began to simmer, and then drawing himself up to fullest 
regulation height, he said in tones of suppressed emotion, 
"Veil, Sergeant Tisdel of der Sevent Ohio, I vos Prigadier- 
Sheneral Von Steinwehr of der Eleventh Corps, und I nitz 
vont you to make coffee mit my headquatters." At this 
positive and emphatic announcement, notwithstanding his 
independence, Sergeant Tisdel deemed it expedient to heed 
the Generars remonstrance, and at once proceeded to find 
a camp-fire where a more democratic spirit prevailed, where 
he finished the preparation of his frugal meal ; but was not 



BATTl^r: 01^ CITANCKLLORSVILI.K 245 

long in telling of this occurrence, and expressing his private 
opinion of brigadier-generals, and this one in particular, 
when he rejoined the company. 

ordkrs for tiik ciiancelu)rsviivive campaign. 

"Camp near Falmouth, Va., 

"April 13, 1863. 
"Circular. 

"The Major-General Commanding directs that your com- 
mand have packed in their knapsacks, by to-morrow night, 
five days' rations of hard bread, coffee, sugar, and salt. 

"That you have in readiness, so that it may be issued and 
cooked at short notice, three days' rations of pork or bacon, 
with hard bread, coft'ce. and sugar, to be placed in the hav- 
ersacks. 

"That your command have drawn and ready for move- 
ment, five days' fresh beef on the hoof, making complete 
eight days' rations to be carried with the troops. 

"That each officer, by the use of his servant and his hav- 
ersack, provide himself with eight days' rations. 

"That the small-arm ammunition to be carried will be 
150 rounds, 60 rounds on the person, the full complement of 
the pack-train, and the balance to be in the train, ready to 
start first when the trains move. 

"The supply-trains will be in readiness for such move- 
ments as may be ordered. Each teamster must have with 
him the forage for his own team. The batteries will carry 
eight days' subsistence for the troops and their full capacity 
of forage, at least six days' grain, as much as possible on 
the guns. 

"The general hospital for those unable to move will be 
designated by the medical director, who will give all the 
necessary directions in the premises. 

"The surplus clothing of the troops, beyond the extra 
shirt, pair of socks and drawers, should be stored under the 
supervision of the Quartermaster's department. 



246 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

"Corps commanders will require evei"y serviceable man 
to march with the column. 

"By command of Maj.-Gen. Hooker. 

"S. WiEIvIAMS, 

"Assistant Adjutant-General." 

THE ONEY REPORT GENERAL HOOKER EVER MADE OE THE 
BATTLE OE CHANCEELORSVILEE. 

"(1.15 P. M. by Orderly to United States Ford; thence by 

telegraph.) 

"Headquarters, Army oe the Potomac, 

"May 3, 1863—3.30 p. M. 

"His Excellency Abraham Lincoln, 
"President of the United States : 

"We have had a desperate fight yesterday and to-day, 
which has resulted in no success to us, having lost a position 
of two lines, which had been selected for our defense. It is 
now 1.30 o'clock, and there is still some firing of artillery. 

"We may have another turn at it this p. m. I do not 
despair of success. If Sedgwick could have gotten up, there 
could have been but one result. As it is impossible for me 
to know the exact position of Sedgwick as regards his abil- 
ity to advance and take part in the engagement, I cannot tell 
when it will end. We will endeavor to do our best. My 
troops are in good spirits. We have fought desperately to- 
day. 

"No general ever commanded a more devoted army. 

"Joseph Hooker, 
"Major-General." 

general r. E. lee's initial report oe the battle oe 
chancellorsville. 

"MiLEORD, May 3, 1863. 
"President Davis: 

"Yesterday General Jackson, with three of his divisions. 
penetrated to the rear of the enemy, and drove him from all 



1 



BATTLE 01? CIIANCElvLORSVILLE 247 

his positions from the Wilderness to within one mile of 
Chancellorsville. He was engaged at the same time in front 
by two of Longstreet's divisions. This morning the battle 
was renewed. He was dislodged from all his positions 
around Chancellorsville. and driven back toward the Rap- 
pahannock, over which he is now retreating. Many prison- 
ers were taken, and the enemy's loss in killed and wounded 
large. 

"We iiave again to thank Almighty God for a great vic- 
tor}-. 

"I regret to state that General Paxton was killed, Gen- 
eral Jackson severely wounded, and Generals Heth and A. 
P. Hill slightly wounded. 

"R. E. Lke, ^^ 
"General Commanding." 

The following is self-explanatory: 

"HEADQUARTERS, ArMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, 

"May 3. 1863. 
"Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, 
"Commanding Corps. 
"General : 1 have just received your note informing me 
that you were wounded. 

"I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. 
"Could T have directed events, 1 sIkjuIcI have chosen for 
the good of the country, to be disabled in your stead. I 
congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill 
and energy. 

"Very respectfully, 

"R. E. Lee, 

"General." 

On May 11. 1S63, in a message to General vStuart, Gen- 
eral Lee said : 

"I regret to inform you that the great and good Jackson 
is no more. He died yesterday at 3.15 p. m. of pneumonia : 
calm, serene, and happy. May his spirit pervade our whole 
armv : Our countrv will theti be secure. 

"R. K. Lee. 
"General." 



CHAPTER XXVII. 
THE ge;ttysburg campaign. 

After the battle of Chancellorsville, until June 13, the 
Seventh Ohio remained in camp near Aquia Creek perform- 
ing light duty, the most important occurrence having taken 
place on the 6th, when again paid off. 

The usual camp rumors as to the probable movements of 
the enemy prevailed until June 3, when the following com- 
munication came to General Hooker's headquarters : 

"Washington, D. C, June i, 1863. 
"Geni^rai, Plkasonton. 

"Dear Sir: There is one thing that looks very apparent 
to me, and that is, that this movement of General Lee's is 
not intended to menace Washington, but to try his hand 
again toward Maryland, or to call off your attention while 
General Stuart goes there. I have every reason for believ- 
ing that Stuart is on his way toward Maryland. I do not 
positively know it, but there is the best of reasons for be- 
lieving it. 

"Very respectfully, 

"G. S. Smith." 

So much credence was attached to this statement that the 
Commanding General as late as 10.15 p. m. of June 3 issued 
orders to his entire command to be prepared with rations 
and ammunition to move at a moment's notice, which was 
well, as this was in fact the date upon which Gen. Robert 
E. Lee began to withdraw his troops from about Fredericks- 
burg and set the Army of Northern Virginia in motion for 
the Gettysburg campaign. This was detected in his evac- 
uated camps the next morning, when General Hooker or- 
dered pontoon bridges thrown across the Rappahannock be- 
low Fredericksburg and crossed a part of the Sixth Corps 



THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 249 

under General Sedgwick, to make a demonstration, but 
found the enemy in such force as to cause him to withhold 
aggressive action. 

On June 5, 1863, 11.30 a. m., General Hooker in a mes- 
sage to President Lincoln in reference to the probable in- 
tention of General Lee to cross the upper Potomac, or throw 
his army between the Army of the Potomac and Washing- 
ton, said in part : 

"After giving the subject my best reflection, I am of the 
opinion that it is my duty to pitch into his rear, although in 
so doing the head of his column may reach Warrenton be- 
fore I can return. Will it be within the spirit of my in- 
structions to do so ?" 

To this he received the following characteristic reply : 

"Washington, June 5, 1863 — 4 p. m. 

"Maj.-Gen. Hooker : Yours of to-day was received an 
hour ago. So much of professional .skill is requisite to an- 
swer it, that I have tumed the task over to General Halleck. 
He promises to perform it with his utmost care. I have but 
one idea which I think worth suggesting to you, and that is, 
in case you find Lee coming to the north of the Rappahan- 
nock, I would by no means cross to the south of it. If he 
should leave a rear force at Fredericksburg, tempting you 
to fall upon it, it would fight you in entrenchments and have 
you at disadvantage, and so, man for man, worst you at 
that point, while his main force would in some way be get- 
ting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would 
not take any risk of being entangled upon the river. like an 
ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs 
front and rear, without a fair chance to gore one way or 
kick the other. 

"If Lee would come to my side of the river, I would keep 
on the same side, and fight him or act on the defense, ac- 
cording as my estimate of his strength relatively to my 
own. 



250 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

"But these are mere suggestions, which I desire to be 
controlled by the judgment of yourself and General Halleck. 

"A. L1NC01.N." 

On the 9th, with a view to securing information as to the 
designs of General Lee, General Pleasonton, then in com- 
mand of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, crossed 
the Rappahannock at Kelly's and Beverly Fords with his 
cavalry, supported by some 2,500 picked infantry, and mov- 
ing in the direction of Culpeper, engaged the enemy's cav- 
alry under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart about Brandy Station, Ste- 
vensburg, and Fleetwood, in one of the most memorable 
cavalry contests of the war. The battle lasted nearly the 
whole day, and although forced back across the river, with 
his dead and severely wounded left in the hands of the 
enemy. General Pleasonton captured despatches which 
clearly indicated plans for a Northern invasion, and to this 
extent, at least, he was successful. 

On the loth General Ewell left Culpeper with his corps, 
for the Shenandoah Valley, via Front Royal, to be followed 
later on by Eongstreet and Hill, while on the nth General 
Hooker strongly picketed the Rappahannock as far up as 
Beverly's Ford with infantry, while his cavalry kept a sharp 
lookout beyond. 

On the 13th a part of Ewell's corps invested Winchester 
and the last of Hill's corps left Fredericksburg, while Gen- 
eral Hooker, maneuvering to protect Washington, ordered 
the First, Third, Fifth, and Eleventh Corps to move toward 
Manassas, and the Second, Sixth and Twelfth to Dumfries. 

The Seventh Ohio left camp on the 13th at 8 p. m., and 
after an all-night march reached Dumfries early the next 
morning and remained during the day. Getting off veiy 
early on the morning of the 15th, the corps marched to Fair- 
fax Court House, a long, hot, and exhaustive march, as was 
shown by the death of fifteen men of Geary's division alone, 
having died along the road from fatigue and sunstroke. 

Rested on the i6th. 

On the 17th the Twelfth Corps marched to Dranesville. 



TIIK r.KTTVSBURG CAMPAIGN 2$ I 

Also on June 17th Genenil Pleasonton successfully engaged 
the enemy's cavalry under Gen. Fitzhugli Lee at Aldie. and 
Capt. William R. Sterling of Company I, Seventh Ohio, 
then on staflf duty at General Hooker's headquarters at 
Fairfax Court House, with a Cajjtain Fisher of the Signal 
Corps, and an orderly, were sent with despatches to General 
Pleasonton. hut were captured while en route, by Mosby's 
guerrillas. It is said that when they learned into whose 
liands they had fallen Captain Sterling .said : 

"W'e have laughed so much at our men for being gob- 
bled up by Mosby, that we cannot help laughing at being 
caught ourselves." 

The following report ir, self-explanatory: 

"Headquarters Picket Reserve, 

"June 18, 1863 — 12 M. 
"Lieut. Joiix M. Clark, .\cting Assistant Adjutant-Gen- 
eral. 

"Lieutenant : In accordance with directions from the 
commanding officer of the brigade. I report the facts in re- 
gard to the capture of Maj. William R. Sterling and Cap- 
tain Fisher, as related to me by the ])coplc of the house 
where they were taken. Major Sterling and Captain Fisher 
were on their way to communicate with General Pleasonton, 
when they halted at the residence of Mr. Almond Birch for 
suj)per and to in(|uire how far it was to .\ldie. 1 laving fin- 
ished their supper, they started for their horses, which were 
left with their orderly at the yard gate. The horses and 
orderly had been removed, and before Major Sterling and 
Captain Fisher had reached the gate, 10 or 12 cavalrymen 
seized them, and hurriedly mounted them and lx)re them 
ofT. This took place last evening at 10 o'clock about 400 
yards from the picket outpost, at the house of Mr. I>irch on 
the Little River turnpike. Mr. liirch and family arc from 
Clifton Park. Saratoga County, N. Y. They are L^nion 
people, known to some of the officers of our regiment. I 
am satisfied that these people had no complicity with this 



252 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOL,UNTEER INEANTRY 

affair, and had no knowledge of the enemy being anywhere 
near their house. 

"The capture of these officers appears to have been as 
unexpected to the enemy as it was to the officers captured, 
since the enemy was unaware of our forces being so near. 

"I also report that I have reestablished the picket line, in 
some respects, since coming on duty this morning, so as 
among other points to include the house of Mr. Birch. 

"All is quiet upon the line. 

"I am most respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"James C. Rice, 
"Colonel, Commanding Outposts." 

On the 1 8th the command reached Leesburg. As early 
as June 15 a part of Ewell's infantry crossed the Potomac 
at Williamsport, while his cavalry were as far north as 
Chambersburg. It was about this time that President Lin- 
coln said to General Hooker: 

"If the head of Lee's army is at Martinsburg and the tail 
of it on the Plank road between Fredericksburg and Chan- 
cellorsville, the animal must be very thin somewhere. 
Could you not break him?" 

On the 19th the Twelfth Corps was ordered out to wit- 
ness the execution of three soldiers who had been tried by 
military court martial, convicted, and sentenced to be shot 
to death, by musketry, for desertion, and then marched 
past their lifeless bodies, in order that the enormity of their 
crime might be more emphatically and indelibly stamped 
upon our minds and consciences. 

On June 24 Longstreet and Hill crossed the Potomac at 
Shepherdstown and Williamsport, and reached Chambers- 
burg on the 27th. 

On the 26th the Twelfth Corps crossed the Potomac at 
Edward's Ferry. The Seventh marched through Pooles- 
ville to the Monocacy; on the 27th by Point of Rocks to 
Petersville, and on the 28th to near Frederick City. As the 
regiment filed off the pike into a field to bivouac for the 



THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 253 

ni.«;ht. Colonel Creighton announced t(^ his men that Maj.- 
Gen. Josci)h Hooker had been relieved of the C(^mniand of 
tiie Army of the Potomac, and had been succeeded by Maj.- 
Gen. George Gordon Meade, which to many suggested that 
this was like swapping horses while crossing a river. On 
the 29th the Twelfth Corps moved through Frederick, 
Walkcrsville, Woodsboro. and Bruceville. toward Taney- 
town. and passed that point the next day. reaching Littles- 
town that afternoon while J. E. B. Stuart's raiders were 
hurrying by on the road to York. 

On July I. under instructions from the Commanding 
General, General Slocum moved his corps from Littlestown 
to Two Taverns, there to await further orders, and was at 
this point about i o'clock when informed by a civilian pass- 
ing that way that a battle was in progress beyond Gettys- 
burg. Major Guindon, of his stafY, with an escort of 
mounted orderlies, was sent to ascertain the truth of the 
story, but before he returned a message from General How- 
ard confirmed the report, when orders were given to push 
forward. General Geary having the advance reached Ceme- 
tery Hill in person by 4 p. m., when he was ordered by Gen- 
eral Hancock to take position on the extreme left, to the 
right of and near Little Round Top. and General Geary 
states this movement was consummated at 5 p. m., and that 
night Little Round Top was occupied by the Fifth Ohio 
and One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania of Can- 
dy's brigade while the other regiments bivouacked near by. 
Early on the morning of the 2d Geary's division was re- 
lieved by Birney's division of the Third Corps, and crossing 
to the right, went into position on Gulp's Hill, where sub- 
stantial breastworks were constructed during the day. .\t 
6 p. M. the Twelfth Corps, excepting Greene's brigade, was 
ordered to the left to assist in the repulse of Longstreet's 
corps, which had made successful aggressive battle against 
all the troops on that part of the line. Here General Geary 
mistook direction and moved back along th.c Baltimore jiike 
across Rock Creek, where he remained until after midnight, 
when ordered to return to his former position, which had 
been occupied and was then held by the enemy. 



254 SEVENTH regime;nt OHIO voi.untee;r infantry 

At early dawn the battle opened strong, about Gulp's Hill, 
and did not end until well on to ii o'clock a. m., when the 
Twelfth Corps was again in full possession of its original 
line. That afternoon the attack of the troops under General 
Longstreet, in what is known as "Pickett's charge," was 
made against the center of the Union line, where after des- 
perate fighting the enemy was repulsed with heavy loss and 
the battle of Gettysburg had ended. 

It is said that upon no part of the field were more men 
killed than about Gulp's Hill, where repeated charges were 
made, and repulsed by Geary's division and others engaged 
there. 

On July 4, 1863, by mutual consent the whole day was 
given to the burial of the dead and care of the wounded, 
while on the 5th it was learned that the x\rmy of Northern 
Virgina had retreated. 

General Longstreet said : 

"The armies rested on the Fourth of July, one under the 
bright laurels secured by brave work of the day before, but 
in profound sorrow over the silent forms of the host of 
comrades who had fallen during those three fateful days, 
whose blood bathed the thirsty fields of Gettysburg, made 
classic by the most stupendous clash of conflict of that long 
and sanguinary war ; while gentle rain came to mellow the 
sod that marked the honored rest of friend and foe: the 
other with broken spirits turned from fallen comrades to 
find safety away from the fields that had been so promising. 

"The Union forces had cast their lines on grounds too 
strong for lead and steel, and, exhausted alike of aggres- 
sive force and means of protracted defense, there was 
nothing left for the vanquished but to march for distant 
homeward lines." 

"Headquarters, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., 

"July 6, 1863. 
"Lieut. A. H. W. Creigh, 

"A, A. A. General ist Brigade, 2d Division. 12th A. C. 
"Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report 



THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 255 

of the part taken by the Seventh Ohio Volnnteers in the 
cn[;as;cinent of July 2 and 3. 1863. near Gettysburg, Pa. 
On Tliursday morning-, July 2, we were encamped on the 
left side of the Gettysburg and Taneytown pike. At 6 
o'clock A. M. we received marching orders, and at 6.30 
niovetl out in line, changing our position on the hill at the 
right of the road. In obedience to your orders I sent for- 
ward Company H. under command of Capt. Samuel Mc- 
Clelland, to picket our front. They were posted along the 
stream which runs through the hollow at our left and re- 
mained there until 6 o'clock p. m., when they rejoined my 
regiment. At this time the 'fall in' was sounded and my 
regiment, in company with the remainder of the brigade, 
moved by the right t^ank to the right and rear of the posi- 
tion which we had held during the former part of the day. 
I formed my regiment in the open field in the rear of the 
stone wall at the left of and near the turnpike. At this 
place I allowed my men to sleep, having their arms and 
accoutermcnts in perfect readiness to fall in at any moment. 
My regiment had not during any part of the day been ex- 
posed to musketry fire, but for some time in the afternoon 
we were exposed to quite a brisk fire of artillery, although 
not suffering any serious loss from it. At half past 11 p. 
M.. July 2, I was ordered to form my commancl. It was 
then moved under your directions out on to the pike and 
advancing toward Gettysburg, but turned from the pike to 
our right at the same place which we had in the morning 
when first advancing. My line was formed in the hollow at 
the right and in the rear of General Greene's brigade. .\t 
this place we received a volley of musketry from the ene- 
my's guns, wounding one man from Company I. In a few 
moments we were ordered to move by the right Hank back 
to the open field, forming our line in the rear of a stone wall 
which runs parallel with the road leading to the pike. In a 
few moments, by order of General Geary, T moved my com- 
mand over the wall into the road, throwing out to the front 
twenty men under charge of Sergeant Stratton to act as 
skirmishers. At this place Sergeant Stratton received a 



256 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY | 

severe if not a mortal wound.* Soon after daylight on the 
morning of the 3d, in compliance with your order, I drew 
in my skirmishers, and in a few moments moved my regi- 
ment by the left flank back near the position which we oc- 
cupied the morning previous. When in the edge of the 
woods, I formed my command in line of battle, and in com- 
pliance with orders I moved forward 'double-quick' and re- 
lieved the Sixtieth New York Volunteers. My regiment 
remained in the entrenchments until near 8 o'clock, when it 
was relieved by the Sixtieth New York Volunteers. When 
relieved I formed my regiment in the rear of the breast- 
works, remaining until 9.30 o'clock, when I was again or- 
dered forward to relieve a regiment. I was not again re- 
lieved until 9.30 p. M., having been under fire of musketry 
most of the day. When relieved I again formed my line in 
the hollow and remained there until 1.30 a. m. on the 
morning of July 4th, when my command was again ordered 
forward to the entrenchments, which position we held until 
the brigade moved out on the pike preparatory to returning 
to Littlestown. About 11 o'clock on July 3, I observed a 
white flag thrown out from the rocks in front of our en- 
trenchments and immediately ordered my men to cease fir- 
ing, when 78 men of the enemy advanced and surrendered, 
including three captains, two first lieutenants and two sec- 
ond lieutenants. At the time the white flag was raised a 
mounted officer, rebel, Maj. B. W. Leigh, General Edward 
Johnson's chief of staff, was seen to come forward and en- 
deavor to stop the surrender, when he was fired upon by my 
men and immediately killed.f Early in the morning of July 

*A bullet tore an eye from its socket, but Sergeant Stratton re- 
covered, rejoined his company, reenlisted as a veteran, and was killed 
in battle May 25, 1864, at New Hope Church, Georgia. 

fMajor Benjamin Watkins Leigh not only had the reputation of being 
one of the bravest and most fearless officers in Stonewall Jackson's 
command, but it is stated that at the battle of Chancellorsville, on May 
2, 1863, when his chief was severely wounded and yet in the immediate 
presence of the Union forces, he used his own body as a shield to pro- 
tect him from further harm. That he died gloriously in the battle 



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TIIK GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN 257 

[ Corpl. John Pollock of Company H. of my regiment, ad- 
anced over the entrenchments and captured the rebel flag 
)cli>nging to the Fourth Virginia Regiment, Infantry, 
vhich, in compliance with orders received, was delivered to 
'Our headquarters. I went into the action with 265 enlisted 
nen. and came out with 247, losing i man killed and 17 
v'oundcd.* 

"I feel it my duty to mention the officers and men under 
ny command, but when each and every man went forward 
o the contest without any exceptions whatever, I will 
nerely say that every officer and man performed his duty 
nan fully, every order being obeyed promptly. 

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"WiLUAM R. Crkigiiton, 
"Colonel Commanding Regiment." 

The Seventh Ohio had the honor of being selected to 
cout our front in search of the enemy, as indicated by the 
ollowing report : 

"Camp near Gettysburg, 

"July 5, 1863— II A. M. 

"General Geary : I have the honor to report that, in 
lursuance of your order, I have this morning, with the 
5evcnth Ohio Volunteers, under Colonel Crefghton. recon- 
loitered the countr\' and roads for 2^ miles from the town 
n the directions of Hanover. Oxford, and Hunlerstown. I 
)rocecded as far toward Oxford as a house which the ene- 
ny's picket retired from early this morning, when I received 
-our order to return to camp. I found citi^^ens on the roads 
vho had come this morning from Oxford and Ilunters- 
own. 

"They report no enemy in sight along cither of the roads. 
Hie general impression among the inhabitants in that vicin- 

ront at Gulp's Hill on July 3, 1863, is shown by Colonel Creighton's 
'fficial report. 

*See Casualty List, p. 645. 
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258 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

ity is that Lee's army has moved off by the Chambersburg 
route. 

"His cavalry rearguard left a house on the Hanover 
turnpike, i^ miles from Gettysburg, at 9 a. m., yesterday, 
after removing all their wounded who could be moved on 
horses and in ambulances. 

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"W. T. Forbes, 
"Acting Assistant Inspector-General." 

A EORCED MARCH TO THE BATTEEEIEED. 

"As we hurried along, the booming of cannon, at first 
scarcely heard, gradually became more distinct. Quicken- 
ing our pace we pushed on through clouds of thick dust I 
which continually rolled back, enveloped and almost choked 
us, while the terrible rays of the sun seemed momentarily to 
grow more intense. Soon strong men began to stagger 
from the ranks and fall fainting by the wayside, but our 
pace was not slackened. Louder and fiercer boomed the yet 
distant guns, and 'Forward, men; forward!' shouted the 
officers. Every piece of woods we passed through was left 
almost filled with gasping, prostrate men ; and all along the 
road, with no one to care for them, lay the dying, and in not 
a few instances the dead, who had fallen from the column 
ahead of us. But forward, forward ! was the cry, and on, 
on we pushed. Blankets, tents, clothing, and even food, 
guns, and cartridge-boxes, lay strewn along the line of 
march. Two-thirds of the time our field and staff officers 
were dismounted, and their horses loaded down with the 
guns of men who had become too weak to carry them, and 
when at length we reached the high ground just south of 
Gettysburg, and the order to halt for the night was received, 
not over one hundred men, and but five or six officers, ap- 
peared in our regimental line." (Col. Charles H. Weygant, 
One Hundred and Twenty-fourth N. Y. Infantry, Second 
Brigade, First Division, Third Corps.) 



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CIIAPTKR XXVIir. 

TIIIC RETURN FROM GETTYSBURG. 

On July 5. when it became known that the enemy had 
withdrawn from about Gettysburj^^ in the direction of Ila- 
gerstown, the Army of the Potomac at once started in pur- 
suit. The Twelfth Corps moved back along the Baltimore 
pike to Littlestown. where it remained during the next day. 
but getting off on the 7th, at 4.30 a. m., it covered 27 miles 
in the direction of Frederick City, over the same route by 
which it had advanced, passing that point on the 8th. to 
Jefferson, having seen the body of a spy hanging to the limb 
of a tree where he had been executed by our troops while 
en route. 

On the 9th the command moved through Burkettsvillc 
and Crampton's Gap toward Boonesboro ; camped upon the 
battlefield of Antietam on the 10th. and on the night of the 
iith bivouacked in line of battle in front of the Army of 
Xorthern Virginia, toward Williamsport. where the Poto- 
mac River was bank full and General Lee unable to cross. 

On the 1 2th moved up about a mile and on the 13th fell 
back some distance and began to entrench. A general ad- 
vance was ordered on the morning of the 14th, when it was 
discovered that the main force of the enemy had crossed the 
Potomac during the night, and that all i)rospect of doing 
him serious harm had vanished. 

Pursuit was at once ordered, and on the night of the 
15th the Twelfth Corps bivouacked near Harper's Ferry; 
crossed the Potomac at that point the next day ; reached 
Hillsboro on the n)th ; Snicker's Gap on the 20th; Ashby's 
Gap and beyond on the 23d; Manassas Gap and then along 
tile Manassas Gap Railroad on the 24th ; then through 
Thoroughfare Gap, Playmarket. Gainesville, and to Catlett's 
Station by the 26th, making camp near Warrcnton Junc- 
tion on the 27th, where a brief rest was had. 



26o SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

On the 31st Candy's brigade moved to Kelly's Ford on 
the Rappahannock, where the Sixty-sixth Ohio crossed the 
river in boats and guarded the front until a pontoon bridge 
was laid, when the Seventh went to their support and was 
on picket duty that night. When General Lee crossed the 
Potomac near Williamsport on the night of July 13 he was 
prevented by the prompt movements of General Meade, 
along the eastern side of the Blue Ridge, from resting and 
refreshing his exhausted and defeated army in the land of 
plenty, the beautiful and productive Shenandoah Valley, 
and was compelled to hasten Longstreet's corps to prevent 
a serious attack in flank near Front Royal while en route to 
Culpeper through Chester Gap, while a part of his army 
was forced to march by Strasburg, New Market, Luray, 
and Thornton's Gap, ere it could take position behind the 
Rappahannock, toward the Rapidan, 

On August I the Seventh recrossed the Rappahannock 
at Kelly's Ford, and on the 2d moved some four miles 
toward Hart wood Church. On the 5 th all sick and dis- 
abled soldiers were ordered to be sent to the rear. Al- 
though the armies under Generals Grant and Meade had 
won great victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg on or 
about July 4, 1863, causing universal joy among all who 
believed in battling for the preservation of the Union of 
States, yet many loyal people were greatly alarmed about 
this time at the development and strength of the anti-prose- 
cution of the war spirit in the great State of New York, 
where threatened opposition to the enforcement of the draft 
was openly made, and mob spirit prevailed in places to such 
an extent as to be uncontrollable by the civil authorities, 
hence it became necessary, as a matter of reasonable pre- 
caution, to send armed troops from the Army of the Po- 
tomac to maintain peace and order and see that the law, in 
reference to drafting, be duly executed, 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

THE SEA VOYAGE TO NEW YORK CITY AND BACK. 

With the foregoing explanation, the following orders are 
self-explanatory: 

"Headquarters Army of the Potomac, 

"August 15, 1863 — 9.15 p. M. 
"Maj.-Gen. H. W. S1.0CUM, 

"Commanding Twelfth Army Corps : 
"The Commanding General directs that the following 
regiments of your command proceed to Alexandria to- 
morrow, under the command of Brig.-Gen. T. H. Ruger, 
for service, with the nature of which you are acquainted, 
viz : Second Massachusetts, Third Wisconsin, Twenty- 
seventh Indiana, and Fifth, Seventh, Twenty-in'nth, and 
Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiments. You will please send the One 
Hundred and Seventh New York Regiment if you think it 
advisable to do so. 

"The regiments will march to Rappahannock Station, 
where railroad transportation will be furnished them. No 
supplies will be taken. The transportation now with the 
regiments will be turned over to Captain Pierce, Assistant 
Ouartermastcr. at his depot near these headquarters. 

"S. Williams, 
"Assistant Adjutant-General." 

"Headquarters Army oe the Potomac. 

"August 16, 186^ — 10.30 a. m. 
"Maj.-Gen. II. W. IL\lleck, 
"General-in-Chief : 
"The following regiments will proceed to Alexandria 
to-day under the command of Brig.-Gen. T. H. Ruger, viz : 
Second Massachusetts, Third Wisconsin, Twenty-seventh 
Indiana. Fifth Ohio, Seventh Ohio. Twentv-ninth Ohio, 



262 S^VDNTH RE;GIM:ENT OHIO VOIvUNTI^KR ine^antry 

Sixth-sixth Ohio, Fourth Ohio, Fourteenth Indiana, Fifth 
Michigan, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio. Aggre- 
gate strength of these regiments is about 3,800. General 
Ruger has been directed to report to you by telegraph on 
arriving at Alexandria, for further instructions, and also 
by telegraph to the Quartermaster-General for transporta- 
tion. 

"The number of men already detached and who have left 
are as follows : August 14, Regulars and Vermont brigade, 
under General Ayers, 4,000; August 15, regiments, 1,800; 
August 16, Ruger's command, 3,800; making in all 9,200, 
which, when swollen by convalescents and men detached on 
extra duty (who will be sent as soon as possible), will 
make the aggregate force fully up to and over 10,000. I do 
not propose, without further orders, to send any more. I 
have sent you my best troops and some of my best officers. 

"Gkorge: G. Meade, 
"Major-General Commanding." 

On August 15th the Seventh was ordered to be ready to 
move on the morrow. 

On the 1 6th left camp and marched to Rappahannock 
Station, where it took cars for Alexandria, arriving at 6 
p. M. We were paid off on the 17th, and on the 22d em- 
barked upon the great ocean steamer Baltic, with other regi- 
ments, which was novel and interesting to the great mass 
of the soldiers, who had never before seen a boat of such 
huge dimensions. On the 23d the Baltic left Alexandria 
under seemingly favorable auspices, but had proceeded 
but a few miles when she ran aground off Aquia Creek, 
where, despite the frantic efforts of tugs, scows, high tide, 
etc., she remained until i p. m. of the 27th, and then pro- 
ceeded on lier way down the Potomac, through the Chesa- 
peake Bay, past Fortress Monroe, into Old Ocean, and 
headed for New York City. This was to the majority of 
those on board a delightful ride, which was only marred in 
some instances by exceeding nausea and paying tribute to 
Old Neptune. 



SEA VOYACr: TO NICW YORK CITY 263 

On the morning of the 29th this great vessel approached 
New York Harbor, was boarded by a pilot, and safely pass- 
ing through the Narrows and past Forts Columbus and 
Hamilton, anchored off Governors Island, whither the 
Seventh and others encamped. 

"ITlCADQUARTERS, U. S. TrOOPS IN CiTY AND HaRBOR, 

"New York, August 29, 1863. 
"Special Orders, 
No. 40. 
"The Fifth Alichigan Infantry, and the Fifth, Seventh, 
Twenty-ninth and Sixty-Sixth Ohio Infantry, now on 
board the steamer Baltic, expected to arrive in course of the 
afternoon, will be attached to the Second Brigade, Brig.- 
Gen. Thomas H. Ruger commanding, and will, for the 
present, be stationed on Governors Island. 

*T\e(|uisitions will be made as soon as practicable for 
such camp and garrison equipage as these regiments may 
need. 
"By order of Brig.-Gen. Canby. 

"C. T. Christensen, 

"A. A. G." 

The entire Second Brigade, under command of Brig.- 
Gen. Thomas H. Ruger in the Department of the East, in 
August, 1863, consisted of the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, 
Fjghth, Twenty-ninth. Sixty-sixth, One Hundred and 
Tenth, One Hundred and Twenty-second, and One Hun- 
dred and Twenty-sixth Ohio; Fourteenth and Twenty- 
i?eventh Indiana; Third, Fifth, and Seventh Michigan; 
Second Massachusetts; Third Wisconsin, and First Min- 
nesota Infantry, and Second Connecticut Battery. 

The draft took place in New Y(M-k City on August 31st. 
and in some parts of the State, on September 7th, peaceably. 

On September 8th the Seventh, after a pleasant week on 
Governors Island, reembarked upon the steamer Baltic and 
3n the iith reached Alexandria, Virginia, once more, and 



264 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 



bivouacked in the suburbs, the return trip from New York 
City having been made without any unusual incident. 

On the 13th the return march to the front began. 
Marched only 8 miles. 

On the 14th passed Fairfax Court House and Centerville 
toward Manassas. 

On the 15th passed Manassas, Broad Run, and Bristow, 
to Catlett's; the i6th to Brandy Station beyond the Rappa- 
hannock, and on the 17th rejoined Geary's division near 
Raccoon Ford on the Rapidan. 

The next day the entire corps fell in to witness the execu- 
tion of a couple of deserters. This was a most unpleasant 
and trying ordeal under any circumstances, but when the 
execution, as in this case, was conducted in a bungling and 
unnecessarily cruel manner, it was horrible in the extreme. 
On the 19th the entire army in that section was seriously 
startled and alarmed by extended firing of small arms to 
our left rear, indicating for the time being a flank attack. 
Bugles sounded from various headquarters, aides dashed 
hither and thither to get troops in line of battle, when it 
was learned that a division of cavalry, just in from a scout, 
were unloading their carbines. It is to be hoped that the 
Recording Angel has long since torn out and destroyed for 
ever and ever his record of the extremely warm and positive 
oaths that he must have been obliged to record that evening 
against many of the bravest and best soldiers that ever went 
to war. 



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CHAPTER XXX. 

KROM Till-; RAPIDAN TO WAUH ATCHIK VALLEY. 
By Cai>t. r.i:o. A. McKay. 

While lying near the Rapidan River. Virginia. September 
20, 1863. the Seventh Regiment Ohio Vohmteer Infantry 
was inspected by Lieut. George A. McKay, A. A. I. G., 
First Brigade. Second Division. Twelfth Army Corps, who 
found ordnance and camp and garrison equipage in first- 
class order and so reported. The inspection was prepara- 
tory to a movement to the Southwest on account of the de- 
feat of General Rosecrans at Chickamauga, Tennessee, and 
had been ordered by Col. Chas. Candy, Commanding Bri- 
gade. The Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, commanded re- 
spectively by Major-Generals Howard and Slocum, were 
ordered to reinforce the defeated army at Chattanooga, both 
corps being placed under Maj.-Gen. Joe. Hooker. 

September 21 to 23. the regiment remained in camp. Oc- 
casionally one or more of the command would stroll down 
to the river to view the landscape over, and were not inter- 
fered with by the Southerners, providing they did not try 
to cross the stream. 

September 24 marched to Brandy Station, Virginia. The 
march was a disagreeable one. 

September 25. the regiment was paid off, the men receiv- 
ing such amounts as were left after the sutler got his share, 
as his bills against the soldier were always paid by the pay- 
master before the soldier received anything. 

September 26, marched to Bealton Station, Virginia, at 
which place, September 27, the regiment was loadeil on cars 
ready for a movement West. After being l<iaded on the 
cars the mditary superintendent would not allow the cars 
to go forward, as he had not been consulted as to hgw equi- 
page and troops should be loaded. He spoke to the A. A. I. 



266 SEVDNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

G. of the brigade, who had, pursuant to orders from his 
commanding officer, loaded the troops and paraphernaHa, 
ordering him to unload everything and everybody. Instead 
of doing as requested, he asked the irate railroader if the 
loading was not satisfactory. The answer was yes, but 
that no orders had been given by him and whatever had 
been done in consequence was wrong. The A. A. I. G. po- 
litely declined to do what was required and referred the 
worthy superintendent to his superior officer. After a while 
the railroader cooled off and the train was allowed to pro- 
ceed on its way to Washington, where there was a delay of 
about an hour, and the soldiers left the cars in skirmishing 
order after wet and dry goods. What they wanted they got. 

The regiment remained on the train, occasionally stop- 
ping for coffee and provisions, until the 30th, when they 
arrived at Benwood, Virginia, and immediately crossed the 
Ohio River to Bellaire, Ohio, where they encountered for 
the first time a so-called "copperhead." The officers, hav- 
ing no regular rations distributed to them, were to a certain 
extent dependent on the different stoppages in transit for 
provisions, and went up to the hotel where several of Gen- 
eral Morgan's cavalry officers were on parole, and ordered 
breakfast. The proprietor of the hotel said that he would 
not feed any of Lincoln's hirelings. Colonel Creighton, who 
was one of the party, gave him ten minutes to get the 
breakfast on the table or have his house ripped up from top 
to bottom. Before the time allowance expired everything 
necessai-y was on the table and no blood shed or property 
destroyed. I do not suppose that proprietor did any more 
bluffing for that day, as it came very near being an ex- 
pensive one for him. 

The regiment left for Columbus, Ohio, arriving there at 
6 o'clock A. M., October i, leaving there inside of half an 
hour for Indianapolis, Indiana, reaching there at 6 p. m. 
October 2, where a great many officers and soldiers visited 
the County Fair Grounds and other places where liquids 
were the principal product. 

October 3, reached Jeffersonville, Indiana, crossing the 



FROM TIIK RAPIDAN TO WAUHATCHIE VALLEY 267 

liver at once for Louisville. Kentucky. Part of the officers 
stopped off at the latter-named place and went to the Gault 
House for a square meal. They got it all right, and at the 
same time got left, as the train for the regiment was made 
up and left for Nashville. Tennessee, at i p. m., arriving- 
there on the 4th. the missing officers putting in an appear- 
ance when they could get there, as on October 5 we received 
notice that Generals Forrest and Wheeler were on a raid in 
our rear, destroying property, bridges, etc. When at Tulla- 
homa, seeing a great cloud of dust, we imagined that they 
liad struck us. but found out on a careful reconnaissance 
that it was occasioned by a drove of beef cattle for our 
army plodding along the road in our rear. 

On the 6th were loaded on cars at 3 p. m. and ran down 
to Duck River, where we found the bridge destroyed and 
the Southern troops hovering all around us. 

On the 7th marched to Wartrace. and were engaged in 
scouting in various directions until the nth, when we re- 
turned to Wartrace Bridge. 

On the 13th an election was held for Governor, and 
Brough received the unanimous vote of the regiment. 

On the 14th returned to Wartrace. where we remained 
until the 27th, when we were relieved by the Third Wis- 
consin. 

On the 28th the regiment was loaded on cars for Bridge- 
port. Alabama. While in transit had an accident, the en- 
gine and cars being ditched at Decherd, but no one injured. 
While stopping at Stevenson a train consisting of wagons 
and mules came over the mountains from Chattanooga with 
100 guards. They had been on quarter rations for about 
three months, and looked fearfully weak and emaciated. 
The brother of the writer was in command and he wanted 
to borrow money enough to take the boys up to the hotel 
and give them a square meal and incidentally get one him- 
self. He was told to get his men together and march them 
to the hotel. When they arrived there they were formed in 
columns of two and marched in. and were supplied with all 
the pork, hard taclc. pickles and coffee which they could eat. 



268 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

at a cost of one dollar and fifty cents each. The writer paid 
the bill with the greatest of pleasure in the world, and it was 
worth the money to see the boys eat. Incidentally I would 
remark that the brother did not whack up, nor was it ex- 
pected either. 

On the 30th we marched to Shell Mound in a heavy rain 
storm, reaching there cold, wet, and hungry. 

On the 31st we marched to Wauhatchie, reaching there 
during the night, and went into camp near Gen. John W. 
Geary's headquarters. 

November i and 2, part of the regiment were engaged in 
scouting under command of Lieut.-Col. Orrin J. Crane. 

November 4 to 16, mostly engaged in trading coffee and 
hardtack for bacon and tobacco with Longstreet's men from 
the Rapidan. 

November 17, Gen. W. T. Sherman's troops arrived 
from Vicksburg, Mississippi. 

On the 22d regiments ordered to fall in and occupy the 
position of the Eleventh Army Corps, which had been or- 
dered to Chattanooga. 

November 23, division partially inspected, everything 
found in good order. 

The only casualty in the Seventh now recalled as having 
occurred while being transferred from Virginia to Ten- 
nessee happened at Grafton, West Virginia, on the 29th of 
September, when St. Onge Mitchell (familiarly known 
throughout the regiment as "Santa") of Company B, fell 
under the cars and had a leg crushed. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

THE BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. 
By Capt. Gko. A. McK.w. 

Our division from the time they arrived in the W'au- 
hatchie Valley had gazed in astonishment on the rocky face 
of Lookout Mountain, and if they had been asked the 
question as to the practicability of carrying it by storm 
would have scouted at the idea. Some of our generals 
thought otherwise, notably Grant and Hooker. The latter 
stated often, that in his opinion it could be carried by a 
rapid movement by assaulting columns. 

General Grant was also imbued with the same idea, and 
when all of his plans were made and the troops for which 
he had called for were well in hand he ordered it to l^e car- 
ried into effect. 

From the time our division arrived in the valley our main 
duties had been scouting and picket duty. While on picket 
duty our men were stationed on one side of Lookout Creek 
and the rebels on the other, being only a short distance 
apart, and became quite friendly with each other, trading 
coffee and hardtack for bacon, corn-pone, and tobacco. 
While on picket duty, unless there was an advance of skir- 
mishers, it was very seldom that pickets fired on each other ; 
but if there was an advance that was a different proposi- 
tion. 

This deadlock continued until 3 o'clock on the morning 
of the 24th of November, 1863, when Gen. John \Y. Geary, 
commanding the Second Division, Twclftli Army Corps, 
received orders from Maj.-Gcn. Joe. Hooker to cross Look- 
out Creek and to assault Lookout Mountain, marching 
down the valley, and to sweep every rebel from it. At that 
time the line of the division extended from the confluence of 
Lookout Creek and the Tennessee River on the left to the 
top of Raccoon Mountain on the right, and consisted of 141 



270 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

officers and 2,216 men present for duty. One day's rations 
and the usual 100 rounds of ammunition were issued to the 
men, when in light marching order they moved to Wau- 
hatchie Railroad Junction and were joined by General 
Whittaker, of Thomas's corps, with his brigade, consisting 
of no officers and 1,355 enlisted men, making the total ef- 
fective force at that point 251 officers and 3,573 men. 

Crossing the railroad at Wauhatchie Junction the troops ' 
named above were marched under cover of the trees to a 
point back of an old mill situated about two and one-half 
miles from the mouth of the creek and were massed behind 
a hill. Drifting clouds enveloped the mountain top, heavy 
mists and fogs obscured the slope from lengthened vision 
until we reached the summit. 

The creek being too deep to ford, it was bridged and skir- 
mishers sent across and engaged the enemy, driving them 
back, capturing 42 prisoners. The bridge was crossed at 
8.30 A. M. Moving rapidly by a flank up the mountainside 
in a direct line for the palisades, arriving there, line of battle 
was formed by the left flank, facing the front. 

The report made by Gen. John W. Geary officially to 
Maj.-Gen. Hooker gave the following as the formation of 
his division and supports : 

"Cobham on the right with two regiments, Ireland in the 
center with four regiments. Candy on the left, in echelon, 
at about 30 paces' interval to the troops on the right, with 
the Sixty-sixth Ohio and three companies of the Fifth Ohio, 
in echelon, as reserve. Constituting the front line, covering 
the slopes from the mound of the crest to Lookout Creek. 
There was a supporting line 350 yards in the rear of the 
front line, consisting of General Whitaker's brigade, the 
right resting opposite Cobham's center. About 100 yards 
in rear of the supporting line were placed the Ninety-sixth 
Illinois and Fifty-first Ohio as a support of both lines. 

"This formation was observed throughout the movement 
to the farthest point gained on the mountain, with the ex- 
ception of necessary changes in Candy's movements on the 
left." 



BATTI.K OP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN 27 I 

Tlic artillery under sui)cr\ision of Maj. J. A. Reynolds, 
chief of artillery for Geary's division, supported the move- 
ment of the infantry columns, and consisted of Knap's 
Pennsylvania Battery; Battery K, First Ohio Regiment; 
Fourth Ohio Battery; Battery I. New York Artillery, and 
First Iowa Battery, the batteries being well posted in 
inmierous commanding positions west of Lookout Creek, 
and when required opened on the enemy's entrenchments, 
shelling continuously the skirmishers and lines of battle of 
the enemy, doing good work, which assisted in every way 
the advance of the infantry. 

It is with Candy's brigade (which consisted of the Fifth, 
Seventh, Twenty-ninth and Sixty-sixth Ohio, and Twenty- 
eighth and One Hundred and Forty-seventh Penn- 
sylvania, although the Fifth and Twenty-ninth. were not en- 
gaged in all of the movements, being on picket duty and 
guarding prisoners) that I will have to do mostly, as the 
Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry belonged to 
this brigade, of which I was an officer, and I can only 
answer for what I saw myself. 

The inclination of the mountain is from north by east to 
south by west. We swept the westerly slope from this 
point, about three miles south of the dividing ridge between 
the east and west sides of the mountain, known as Point 
Lookout. A heavy line of skirmishers advanced, covering 
the whole front of the line of battle. The flanks were pro- 
tected on the right by the palisade and on the left by Look- 
out Creek, and they could not be turned. 

Shortly after 9 o'clock the whole line moved forward, the 
right keeping in close contact with the rugged precipice of 
the summit, gradually swerving our advance in an oblique 
direction from the creek, lengthening the line for cover on 
the left, changing Candy's formation from echelon to two 
lines. 

General Geary ordered the left brigade to govern its 
movements by those of the front line on the right, the ex- 
treme left resting near the creek, the guide being the upper 
curvature of the mountain. 



272 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

The right, center, and right of the left brigade made a 
rapid advance over the steep sides of the mountain, which, 
breaking into numerous ravines varying from 50 to 100 
feet in depth, were overcome by clambering with hands as 
well as feet in many places. 

The enemy's rifle-pits at the base of the mountain, not far 
from the mouth of Lookout Creek, were carried with a 
rush and hurrah, uncovering the fords and allowing rein- 
forcements to cross, consisting of Grose's brigade of Cruft's 
division, Thomas's corps, and Osterhaus's division of Sher- 
man's corps, numbering 5,857 effectives, including officers. 
This reinforcement brought up the total effectives to 9,681 
men. 

After uncovering the fords, and the reserves gaining a 
footing, General Geary ordered Candy's brigade to execute 
a "half wheel" converging on the objective point, sweeping 
up the mountain at an oblique angle to the main line, head- 
ing for Point Lookout. After progressing about one and 
one-fourth miles the enemy's pickets were encountered by 
the right and center. Our skirmishers engaging them, they 
were driven on their main body within a camp covering the 
whole plateau in front of the left of our right and center, 
formidable in natural defense and seemingly impregnable 
with rocks, stone and earthworks, surrounded with tangled 
slashings. These were the advanced works of a continuous 
network of fortifications — rugged, natural, and artificial ir- 
regular polygons — within which was Walthall's brigade of 
Mississippians, in line of battle. Our whole line, with bayo- 
nets fixed, charged on the double-quick. 

Regardless of the sharpshooters in the gorges and from 
tlie crest and the heavy firing in front, the men of the F'irst, 
vSecond and Third Brigades made a vigorous assault, carry- 
ing the enemy's entrenchments, and the brigade laid down 
its arms and surrendered, along with four battle-flags. 
The prisoners were despatched to the rear. As soon as this 
was done the line pressed forward in its original formation. 
The obstructions met at every step showed how a small, de- 
termined force could have resisted a vastly superior one. 



HATTlJv OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN 273 

The sliarpslioolcrs of the enemy in the j^orj^es. trees, and on 
the cliffs were especially venomous, and many were killed 
and wounded. 

The fortified approaches toward us and on a line with 
the overhanging ledge of the point above were occupied by 
a brigade of Alabamians and Georgians under command of 
General Moore. 

Before reaching their position our right encountered the 
almost perpendicular pyramid of Lookout Point. As we 
rounded the curvature between the lower and uppermost 
ridges the line obliqued to the right continuously but stead- 
ily, as became veterans. The movement brouglit us to the 
most elevated accessible point of the mountain, short of the 
crest itself. While making the curve a rebel regiment was 
encountered and captured. Then our troops, with a yell, 
charged the fortifications held by the Alabamians and 
Georgians, killing, wounding, and capturing nearly the 
whole of the brigade. 

During this fight the enemy opened with artillery fire 
from the crest, trying to enfilade our line, but could not de- 
press their pieces enough, although their shells and solid 
shot tore through the tops of the trees, the limbs and 
branches of which were hurled down the ravines. Shells 
with very short fuses were fired, but burst with trivial effect 
over the heads of Candy's brigade, which, unseen by the 
enemy, was sweeping up the steep declivity just below the 
palisades. Shells and hand grenades were hurled from the 
cliffs among the troops in the front line and their support, 
but were mainly ineffective. 

The front line of the enemy wavered and then broke into 
flight, our men following with a fierce hurrah. Clouds and 
mists hovered over us and fogs darkened the hills below. 
Our troops breasted the dividing point, swept around the 
slope of the mountain upon the double-quick, charging the 
retreating foe. The comj^lction of this movement rendered 
each of the long lines of works and rifle-pits of the enemy 
untenable. 
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274 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 



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Peters's brigade, standing behind a stone wall, engaged 
our troops, making things lively for us, but a sudden dash of 
our division carried the wall, capturing two pieces of artil- 
lery and hundreds of prisoners, near the Craven house. 

About 500 yards beyond Craven's house, in front of the 
Mountain road, the enemy appeared in heavy force, consist- 
ing of troops from Walker's and Stevenson's divisions, and 
upon this column the retreating rebels rallied. Our troops 
engaged them at once. The enemy made several charges, 
but were repulsed. While so engaged the fog settled down 
until it was almost impossible to see or to be seen, and it 
continued the balance of the day. 

Our troops were still striving for the old road leading 
from the mountain into Chattanooga Valley, with every 
prospect of securing it, when orders were received at 12.30 
p. M. to halt and strengthen our position. 

The Seventh Regiment Ohio and One Hundred and 
Forty-seventh Pennsylvania of Candy's brigade were 
thrown to the front to support and relieve the brigade on 
our right, they being completely out of ammunition. While 
here the right of the Seventh was at the palisades, and the 
rebel sharpshooters made it very warm for the two regi- 
ments for a while until they could reciprocate. At this time 
Col. W. R. Creighton, of the Seventh Ohio, was in com- 
mand of the brigade, Candy having been injured by a fall 
on the rocks. 

Creighton's brigade relieved Ireland's brigade, and while 
so relieving they received several heavy volleys from the 
enemy, which were returned with interest. An irregular 
and desultory fire was kept up by the enemy during the 
afternoon, without any serious loss. 

At 3 o'clock the rebels massed a heavy force under the 
clifif on our extreme right, but this was routed by tli" 
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania. At 3.30 o'clock Creighton';- 
brigade was relieved by the Thirteenth Illinois and Fourth 
Iowa, and at different times during the night brigades re- 
lieved each other. 

No fires were allowed on the front line during the night. 




GEARY'S DIVISION FLAG 



BATTLK OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN 275 

and the troops suffered severely from the cold. During tlic 
night provisions and ammunition were distributed to the 
troops. 

After dark Osterhaus's division and Grose's brigade 
formed a junction with Geary's command near the Craven 
house, having captured several hundred troops while march- 
ing up the mountain. 

Our colors were planted on Point Lookout in the morn- 
ing of November 25, the enemy having evacuated their posi- 
tion during the night, leaving camps, equipage, arms, and 
stores in profusion. Many stragglers from the ranks of the 
enemy wandered into our lines, having lost their commands 
during the fog. 

General Geary's report shows the different positions 
around Lookout Mountain as follows : 

"The position of the enemy on the western slope of the 
mountain was Walthall's and Moore's brigades of Walker's 
division of Polk's old corps, commanded by Hardee, the 
former in fortifications on the side of the mountain, about 
one and one-half miles from our point of crossing, the lat- 
ter in works, under and around the peak. 

"On the eastern slope, near the old Mountain road, were 
two of Walker's brigades, strengthened by a portion of 
Stewart's command of Breckinridge's corps. One brigade 
of Stevenson's division was stationed in the works on top 
to the rear of the point. 

"Brown's and Cumming's brigades of the same division 
were fortified about one and one-half miles from the poin 
high up on the mountain overlooking Chattanooga and near 
Sumnierville, another of Stevenson's brigades was on the 
descent of the Xickajack trace." 

General Geary reported the capture of 2 pieces of artil- 
lery and 1,940 men by his command. The official report of 
the rebels shows a loss of 1,281 men. 

"And the red field was won."* 

*Sce Casualty List, p. 645. 



276 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

The following- piece of poetry, written by Comrade Levi 
F. Bander, of Company B, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., on 
the storming of Lookout, properly becomes a part of this 
history. 

The right elank at lookout. 

Chattanooga sent northward a cry of distress, 

For the men of the Cumberland, famished and gaunt, 
Worn with fighting and vigils and tattered in dress, 

Manned their guns in the trenches in peril and want ; 
For the foe closely pressed them in hostile array, 

And their guns shrieked and thundered in demon-like 
s^lee 
While old Lookout's rock front, lined with soldiers in rrj^r 

Threw its shadows of death o'er the blue Tennessee. 



But on wings of the lightning that cry for help flew, 

To Sherman, to Meade, and from captain to man ; 
And from Vicksburg marched Sherman's long column in 
blue ; 

And grim Hooker's tried corps, from the swift Rapidan, 
Came with bread for the famished, with lead for the foe. 

Gleamed Wauhatchie's sweet vale with their bayonets 
bright ; 
Torn and bleeding, the ferry guards reeled at their blow. 

And dismayed up the mountain side fled in affright. 



But the Bar flag still flaunted on Lookout's high peak. 

In defiance above the bright stripes in the vale ; 
And the iron shells hurtling with insolent shriek 

Scarred the great antlered oaks in that beautiful dale. 
In the night, lines of watch-fires on Lookout's sides, 

Gleamed like comets bespangling the eastern sky. 
While the shouts from the heights in derision defied 

The threatened assault for the mastery. 



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BATTLE OF I.OOKOUT MOUNTAIN 2'JJ 

Through the fog shroud no bugle call echoed that morn 
From the hills in the vale, or the mount's rocky side, 
But swift couriers silently mounted to ride, 

In the darkness, through thicket and stubble of corn. 

To the camps ; and battalions, in whispering tones. 

Heard, and fell into ranks with accouterments bright; 

And the strapping of knapsacks, and loading of guns. 
Spoke of marching and battle at dawn of the light. 

Through the mist moves the long, silent column, now 

Like a giant snake nearing its dreaming prey 
Fast asleep in their huts on the mountain's brow. 

And no glitter or sound does the peril betray. 
Hear ye that ? On the left flank the signal guns crash, 

Now the picket shots patter, the batteries boom ! 
On the right, the troops over the mill-dam dash, 

Unseen and unheard in the mountainside's gloom. 

Forward the right flank! but fire not a gun. 
Double-quick, double-quick, now on the run ! 
Gibraltar is ours if we first reach the top; 
A year more of war if they force us to stop ! 
On, on, for your comrades famish for bread ; 
Forward, for Knoxville still trembles with dread! 
Up — over brushwood and rock and ravine. 
Routing the pickets from watch-fire and screen. 
Hindered by laurel-bush, cane-brake and log. 
Still firing no shot, but through the dense fog, 
Breathless, but desperate, upward we climb, 
For victory hinges on moments of time. 

Up, to the precipice guarding the top, 
Not till they reach the great wall do they stop ; 
Then, forming in battle line, onward they sweep 
Along the great slope of the mountain's scarred steep. 
Still onward, like fox hounds freed from the leash. 
Though the quick bullets thud in the quivering flesh — 
Onward they fight — till a glance of the sun 
Bathes with glory the flags on a battlefield won. 



278 se;venth rhgimdnt ohio voi^unteer infantry 

And the Cumberland army, in breathless suspense, 
Heard the battle's fierce roar in the fog-cloud dense ; 
Now clearer — now fainter — no waver — now stop, 
Repulsed? Or held Hooker, in triumph, the top? 
Weak yet with fasting, but with eyes flashing fight, 
They watched long in vain that mist-mantled height. 
Till a rift in the cloud showed the mountain top's crag, 
And like Constantine's cross, in the sky gleamed a flag! 
But which ? Ah, the shout that along the line flew. 
As it showed first the Stripes, then the Star-sprinkled 
blue! 

'Twas a tale of sweet love that torn banner there told, 
Like the star in the east in Bethlehem Old ; 
'Twas an emblem of hope to that suffering host, 
Like the star of the North to the mariner lost ; 
'Twas a signal of faith, like the beacon's bright light. 
Safely guiding the ship to the harbor at night ; 
'Twas a scepter of power ; as upheld on the heights, 
It unfurled its silk folds in the sight of six States ; 
A forerunner of vengeance to enemies all. 
Like the writing of old on the King's palace wall ; 
And from that day to this, that dear Flag of the Free, 
To the walls of Atlanta, and thence to the sea. 
To the fields where surrendered the columns of Lee, 
Ever fluttered in triumph. May God in His might 
Ever keep the old Flag in the pathway of right. 



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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. 
By Wm. L. Keixy. 

Forward ! up the mountain, rugged and steep 
Our columns unfaltering, fearlessly sweep 

Higher and higher; 
Up from the valleys gloaming beneath. 
Up to the batteries freighted with death. 

Onward they dash. 



BATTLK or LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN 279 

And the mist on the mountain grows dark an«l thick 
W'itii tlie hattlc's wild breath, and loud anil (juick 

Ritles and cannon crash, 
While the lines of their fire 
Show the struggle grows fiercer apace. 

Charge! Men of the East there, and men of the West, 
Charge shoulder to shoulder, and breast square with breast, 
And shout deep and wild as the Ocean's loud roar. 
When he strikes his grand hymn from the keys of the shore, 
To the order replies ; and streaming on high 
Like God's bow of promise set in the sky, 

Floats the flag of the free. 
Brave men are swept down as forest leaves strewn ; 
The harvest is rii>e which the demon had sown, 

Death revels in glee. 
Each brow's firmly knit, not a dastard is there. 
For the blood of the slain went up in the air, 
And they felt the proud words of the old Scottish chief, 
"To-day for revenge and to-morrow for grief." 
They are lost to the sight, and the pitying cloud 
Covers foeman and friend in its mantling shroud. 
As though God from the eyes of I lis children woukl hide 
The hell which they make through their passion and pride. 

Still the roar of the battle. 

The musketry's rattle, 
The blast of the bugle, the peals of the drum. 
O'er the din of the strife, crying, "Come, come, come!" 

Sweep down wild and loud. 

Yet seem higher and higher. 

'i'he conllict has ended. May Heaven guard the right. 
May we see the dawn clear from this tempest's dark night ; 
I'Vom fortress and camp an army's stern gaze 
Strives vainly to ])ierce the still deepening haze. 
No answer comes back on the crisp frosty air 
To the anguishing cry, "Is our banner still there?" 



28o skve;nth regiment ohio volunteer infantry 

But silent and grim as a giant at rest, 

With the sun on his brozv and the clouds on his breast, 

The mountain stands lone, 

From base unto crest. 

Now grandly the cloud-drifts are lifted on high, 

And Lookout stands crowned with the smiles of the sky. 

What means the wild cheer from the legions beneath ? 

Look on high, and be answered — thou man of weak faith. 

See from the highest peak proudly unfurled 

Waves our "star-flowering banner — the hope of the 

world"— 
There where the eagles their eyries have made. 
There where the lightning and Storm King have played, 

It waveth forever. 
Its glory is shed o'er the living and slain, 
Who baptized it anew in life's ruby rain, 

Deserted it never. 
And while for these heroes sculpture and song 
The tale of their valor through the ages prolong, 
That river, their poet, in its waters sings by, 
That mountain, their monument, points to the sky 

Forever and ever. 

Louisville, March i, 1864. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

MISSIONARY RIDGE. 
Rv Capt. Gko. a. McKav. 

Shortly after lo o'clock on the morning- of the 25th, our 
division, preceded by Osterhaus's and Crtift's divisions, 
marched down the mountain toward Missionary Ridge, 
ujwn the left of which the rebel troops withdrawn from 
Lookout and Chattanooga valleys during the night were 
posted, extending the Southern lines, their left resting on 
the ridge, within 6 miles of Lookout Mountain. 

Moving into Chattanooga Valley, the divisions took the 
route of the rebel retreat on the road to Rossville, crossing 
Chattanooga Creek, after being delayed nearly three hours 
in repairing the bridge partially destroyed by the enemy. 
Our advance was disputed by artillery fire from the gap, 
but the enemy were driven back and one gun captured. 

When near Rossville our column turned to the left and 
followed the base of Missionary Ridge in a northeasterly 
direction, the ridge running northeast and southwest. The 
roar of cannon and musketry was continuous where the left 
of our army was engaged. 

General Geary reports : 

"Cruft advanced to reach the crest and sweep its line, 
Osterhaus moved down the eastern base, and our division 
and five batteries under Major Reynolds advanced along 
the western base, parallel to the enemy's front, and toward 
their right so rapidly that there was considerable of a gap 
between Cruft's advance and ours, as his movements were 
bitterly contested. 

"Creighton's and Cobham's brigades were sent forward 
along the base in columns of regiments. Ireland supported 
the artillery which had opened upon the flank and rear of 
the enemy's lines. ft)rcing them back, pressed by Cruft on 
the ridge and Osterhaus on the eastern line. 



282 SEVENTH re:gime:nt OHIO voi^unte;e;r infantry 

"The artillery pouring in a heavy fire our division was 
formed in a column of brigades, with the Seventh deployed 
as skirmishers, Creighton in front, and Cobham in the sec- 
ond line, and scaled the craggy side of the ridge, moving 
obliquely to effect a junction with Palmer's right, just gain- 
ing the top half a mile north of us and two miles from the 
gap." 

The troops of our division were filled with enthusiasm at 
the sight of the rebels retreating and the sound of inces- 
sant cannonading and musketry, and had to be held in leash 
to keep their movements in touch with other commands. 
The lines on the top of the ridge rushed madly forward, 
cheering wildly. The echoes from below exceeded in vol-, 
ume those above, but all pressed forward gallantly. 

On all sides were found arms and equipments abandoned 
b}^ the fleeing enemy, now on the run, occasioned by the 
pressure from our division on their flank and in the rear by ] 
our artillery. Our skirmishers advanced, firing rapidly, , 
followed by Creighton and Cobham up the steep and 
cragged sides of the ridge. 

The ascent was steep and difficult to overcome, but it was 
done at last. Our division gained the summit, Johnson's 
division of the Fourteenth Corps the adjoining cliff on our 
left. Our division holding at bay a rebel brigade trying to 
escape, the junction was completed. We held the left of the 
ridge at 6 p. m., together with Stuart's brigade of Breckin- 
ridge's corps. The whole army was successful and Mission- 
ary Ridge was ours. 

General Geary reports : 

"The combined movements on the left gave us manyy 
prisoners and several pieces of artillery, Maj.-Gen. Hookeri 
was personally present and he was greeted with prolonged 
cheering by his victorious troops. Pursuant to his orders 
we descended to the western base of the ridge and 
bivouacked in the enemy's winter quarters. Several hun- 
dred prisoners were captured during the night, besides those 
captured during the day." 



MISSIONARY RIDGE 283 

At 10 o'clock on the morning of the 26th, our division 
marched through Rossville Gap in a southeasterly direction. 
We were iti rear of Osterhaus's division and were followed 
by Cruft's division of the Fourth Corps. West Chicka- 
mauga Creek was crossed, the infantry on a foot bridge, the 
horses swimming. The artillery, unable to cross, was 
forced to wait for a pontoon bridge on the way. 

The panic of the enemy was evidenced by burnt and burn- 
ing trains and supplies on all of the routes over which the 
troops were marching. Abandoned caissons, limbers filled 
with ammunition, broken wagons, arms and equipments 
were visible on all sides. All the bridges had been destroyed 
by the enemy as they retreated, although pressed closely by 
our cavalry and infantry. Hundreds of stragglers from the 
enemy's rearguard were captured. 

General Geary reports : 

"About dusk we arrived at Graysville. While waiting 
for the construction of a foot bridge over Pea Vine Creek, 
our advance struck the rearguard of Breckinridge's com- 
mand. Our division formed in line of battle on both sides 
of the road. Advancing, we captured three guns of Fer- 
guson's battery, all artillerists, and a portion of the infantry 
supports, making four guns of this battery captured on the 
retreat. The main body retreated in panic." 

We passed Pea Vine Creek and Chickamauga Swamp at 
10 p. M., when it was ascertained that the enemy were in 
force on Pigeon Hills and skirmishing with Osterhaus's ad- 
vance. Creighton's brigade was moved to the front, doub- 
ling on Osterhaus's troops, forming line on a road on the 
level below the hills, at right angle with the Ringgold mad. 
their right resting on the latter. 

Cobham's brigade was in line 300 yards to the rear. Our 
skirmishers were thrown to the front, scaled the hills, and 
drove the rebel rearguard from the ridges. We bivouacked 
for the night at the foot of Pigeon Hills, 4 miles fn)m Ring- 
gold. 



284 SEVENTH liEGlMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 
THE BATTLE OE RINGGOLD. 

By Capt. Geo. A. McKay. 

At daylight of the 27th, Osterhaus's division on the right, 
our division in the center and Cruft's division on the left, 
marched by a ilank over Pigeon Hills and other ranges cap- 
turing many prisoners while advancing. 

Osterhaus's division commenced skirmishing with the 
enemy's rearguard in the town of Ringgold as we ap- 
proached the creek. With accelerated pulse and pace we 
followed the creek down and crossed it upon the toll bridge 
northwest of the town. At 8 o'clock we passed through 
the town, under a heavy fire of musketry from the bridge 
beyond. Several of our men were wounded. Just beyond, 
the Western & Atlantic Railroad ran through a gap in Tay- 
lor's Ridge, running in the same general direction (north 
and south) as Missionary Ridge, but much higher and more 
precipitous, and well covered with timber upon its summit. 

Before our arrival the whole of Bragg's army had passed 
through the gap, leaving Cleburne's division of Hardee's 
corps as rearguard upon the ridge, supported by General 
Gist's division, to dispute our advance and enable their 
trains and artillery to escape.* General Cleburne extended 
his lines both ways from the gap. General Osterhaus at 
7.30 formed his lines at the foot of the ridge, and covered 
by lines of skirmishers he assaulted the enemy under a heavy 
fire. 

Shortly after 8 o'clock, Osterhaus being warmly engaged. 
General Geary ordered Creighton's brigade past Osterhaus's 
left, which it unmasked about a quarter of a mile, and it 
was formed about three-quarters of a mile from the gap 
parallel with the railroad, in echelon ; the Sixty-sixth Ohio, 
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania. Seventh Ohio, and One Hun- 
dred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania "with orders to scale 
the mountain, gain the summit and if possible attack the 
enemy in flank, and to charge with vigor along the ridge." 
As soon as Creighton's command moved under orders to 
the left, Cobham's brigade was brought up and massed be- 



MISSIONARY KIDGE 285 

hind a lar<;e stone depot on the confines of the town toward 
the ritlt^e, and held in that position for an emergency. Ire- 
land was hahed in reserve 400 yards back in the main street 
3f Ringgold. 

Creighton, pursuant to orders, moved rapidly, marching 
in echelon across a large open field to the foot of the ridge 
inidcr a severe fire from the summit. The echelon move- 
ment was here abandoned, the regiments advancing until 
the brigade formed a single line — Sixty-sixth Ohio on the 
right. Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania on their left. Seventh 
Ohio on their left, and the One Hundred and Forty-seventh 
Pennsylvania on the extreme left. 

Under a galling fire from the heights 500 feet above. 
Creighton steadily ascended the steep sides of the hill, de- 
termined to carry the ridge at all hazards. By his orders 
the men advanced with fixed bayonets until within close 
range, when the whole line was ordered to fire upon the 
?nemy on the summit. Volley after volley was poured into 
the hosts above, and their return fire was deadly in the ex- 
treme. 

The fatigue of climbing was fearful and the assault was 
slow. General Geary ordered "Creighton to make a final 
attempt to carry the ridge, sheltering his troops as much as 
possible. While so doing, he continued the assault, his men 
delivering their fire with precision as they advanced." 

The Seventh Ohio, on the right of the One Hundred 
and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania on the extreme left, was 
compelled in its advance to move through a ravine, through 
which it was rapidly ascending, when a terrific enfilading 
fire from the enemy opened upon them. Unflinchingly the 
regiment moved forward toward the top of the mountain, 
firing steadily, some of the men being killed on the summit. 
the regiment as a unit being within 25 yards of it. 

Colonel Creighton in this movement of the brigade 
marched with his regiment, Lieut. -Col. Orrin J. Crane, com- 
manding. Crane was killed near the top of the ridge, and 
the men forced to retire. 

Creighton rallied the regiment and tried to reach the body 
of Crane, crying out that they must carry off the body, even 



286 seve;nth regiment ohio voeunteer ineantry 

if the charge failed; but it was impossible, the men had 
done all that men could do, and they were ordered to retire, 
which they did slowly and sullenly. While retiring the 
writer was shot and Creighton mortally wounded, and they 
were borne off the field together, Creighton dying within 
six hours thereafter. 

The loss to the regiment in this charge was 12 officers 
killed and wounded out of 13 present for duty, and 74 non- 
commissioned officers and privates, being one-half of those 
present in the battle. 

The One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania re- 
tired at the same time with the Seventh, and both regiments 
were halted about half way down the mountain, where they 
were joined by the Sixty-sixth Ohio and Twenty-eighth 
Pennsylvania. The brigade retained its position until the 
enemy were routed. 

This veteran brigade, the heroes of many well-fought 
fields, had for two hours and a half done all that brave men 
could do, sustaining the concentrated fury of battle against 
an enemy overwhelmingly superior in numbers and in an 
almost impregnable position. 

During the action Carlin's brigade of Palmer's corps 
arrived and formed on the railroad in rear of the First Bri- 
gade, in reserve. 

Osterhaus's division became heavily engaged', and Cob- 
ham's brigade was sent to his support. Double-quicking, 
they crossed the railroad under a severe fire, taking position 
on a mound on the left of the gap and railroad, and the 
enemy were checked. 

The sharpshooters of the enemy were very active, and 
our skirmishers were sent out to meet them, the main line 
lying down. 

Ireland's brigade was ordered to the front, formed in 
echelon of regiments, en masse, behind the stone depot. 

The battle on the front line was desperate, and at 10.40 
A. M., under a concentrated fire of artillery and infantry, 
Osterhaus on the extreme right was forced to give way. 
Ireland was ordered to reinforce him on the right. He did 
so magnificently, although his line was swept by grape, 



MISSIONARY RIDGK 287 

canister and musketry. Crossing an open field he moved 
to the left along the Catoosa Creek toward the gap, form- 
ing line in the gap bottom, his right resting on an old barn, 
and the left on the railroad, joining Cobham's right. The 
ridge on both sides of the gap was lined with sharpshooters 
of the enemy, assisted by artillery. 

Ireland was a first-class officer and handled his men well, 
repulsing the enemy, and retained his position until the 
arrival of our batteries at noon under command of Major 
Rcvnolds. who wheeled one section of Knap's battery into 
position on Ireland's right and one section of Landgraeber's 
to the right of that. Opening fire, they silenced the rebel 
giins and drove back the infantry. 

General Geary states in his report that ''another section 
of Knap's battery, under his immediate orders, opened fire, 
near our left, upon the enemy massed in front of Creigh- 
ton's brigade, compelling them to retire." 

Several regiments of Osterhaus's division scaled the 
mountain, flanked on their left by Creighton's brigade. 

Ireland advanced into the gap, capturing two flags, one 
the guidon of the enemy's battery ; and a great number of 
prisoners were captured when the ridge was carried. 

Detachments were sent out to bury the dead and collect 
together the wounded. Quite a number of rebel dead were 
found in front of Creighton's position, showing that his 
brigade had attended strictly to business while engaged in 
fighting the enemy. 

All prisoners, as well as our wounded, were sent to Chat- 
tanooga November 28. 

Our division remained at Ringgold until December i at 
2.30 A. M., when they marched to Lookout Valley, arriving 
there the same day. 

General Geary in his official report wrote in the highest 
terms in regard to Col. W. R. Creighton and Lieut. -Col. 
Orrin J. Crane, stating that they were two as brave men 
and thorough veterans as ever commanded in the field, and 
to speak of Creighton and Crane was at once to personify 
all that was gallant, brave and daring. 



288 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

In the face of the guns every officer and soldier who 
marched up the mountainside, toward the ridge, in that 
charge of Creighton's brigade was a hero. 

Oh ! the wild charge they made, 
Not a man dismayed. 
Into the valley of death, 
Into the mouth of hell, 
Marched the First Brigade. 

It is now evident that if Cobham's and Ireland's brigades 
had been formed in line of battle with Creighton's, the ridge 
would have been carried with a rush. We would have out- 
flanked them, not they us. Or if the charge had been held 
in abeyance until the arrival of our artillery there would 
not have been so much blood shed. 

General Geary reported that 119 officers and 1,870 en- 
listed men were present for duty in his division at Ring- 
gold, and his casualties as 24 officers and 179 enlisted men. 
Of which loss the Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers lost 
12 officers and 74 men, being nearly one-half of the total 
loss of the division, and the heaviest loss of any regiment 
there.* 

The effectives in Osterhaus's and Cruft's divisions 
amounted to 5,670 officers and enlisted men. The loss in 
killed and wounded I am unable to state, as I have had no 
way of ascertaining; but in certain regiments of Oster- 
haus's division they suffered severely. 

Carlin's brigade of Palmer's corps was present with 
others, but what their numerical strength and loss were I 
am unable to state, although I have every reason to believe 
the loss was slight on account of being on the reserve. 

Every soldier present did his duty well, no matter where 
placed by his superior officers. 

A HEROIC INCIDENT. 

When the Seventh Ohio left its camp in Wauhatchie Val- 
ley to engage in what became the Lookout Mountain, Mis- 

*See Casualty List, p. 646. 



MISSIONARY RIDOlv 289 

sionary Ridge and Ringgold campaign, two men from each 
company were detailed to remain behind to guard the 
camp ec|uipage. and it so happened in Company C 
that Charles "F. King and Joseph S. Cleverdon were 
selected, much to their dissatisfaction, as they preferred to 
go with the regiment. However, some time after the regi- 
ment had left camp, comrades who, on account of illness, 
had l)een permitted to return came in, when King and Clev- 
erdon left the property in their charge and pushed out hur- 
riedly to get into the ranks ere the battle opened. When 
they reached their company Lieutenant Jones severely cen- 
sured them for leaving camp without his permission, and 
contcmi)latcd ordering them back, but their entreaties pre- 
vailed and they were permitted to remain. These comrades 
fought together and escaped injuiy until the regiment 
reached Ringgold, where, well abreast with the advance 
thev had ahuost reached the crest of Taylor's Ridge in the 
midst of the foe secreted behind trees and rocks, when King 
said, "Boys, let's fix bayonets and charge them !" and while 
in the act fell dead, while the bullet intended as Cleverdon's 
death warrant shattered his right arm near the shoulder, 
and he too was placed Iwrs de combat, becoming a cripple 
for life. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 

BACK TO WAUHATCHIE AND BRIDGEPORT. 

Although there was no fighting about Ringgold after 
November 27th, Hooker's command remained in that vicin- 
ity until December ist, when the return march to the camps 
in Wauhatchie Valley was made. 

The severe losses at Ringgold had so depleted the ranks 
of the Seventh that great depression fell upon the few re- 
maining officers and men, which never again seemed to be 
fully obliterated. 

Captain E. J. Krieger, one of the most fortunate officers, 
so far as casualties went, having escaped injury in the mael- 
strom of battle during the Lookout Mountain, Missionary 
Ridge, and Ringgold campaign, assumed command of the 
regiment and led it back to camp, where he was later on re- 
lieved by former Capt. Fred A. Seymour, who had resigned 
on April 17, 1863, but who, when he heard of the death of 
Colonel Creighton and Lieut. -Col. Crane, obtained a com- 
mission as major and at once came to the front and as- 
sumed command. However, in so doing he became very 
unpopular with a majority of his officers and men, who 
made it very unpleasant for him until he resigned. 

The Seventh remained in camp in Wauhatchie Valley 
until January 4, 1864, when, with the rest of the brigade, it 
marched for Bridgeport, Alabama, reaching that point the 
next day, where it remained until the opening of the great 
Atlanta campaign. At that time Bridgeport, by reason of 
the uncompleted railroad bridge across the Tennessee River 
there, was the terminus of the railroad route and a place of 
some military importance. With good quarters, sufficient 
supplies and light duty, the stay of the Seventh while there 
was altogether pleasant and enjoyable. 

On or about February 22 Capt. Samuel McClelland, one 
of the oldest, bravest, and best captains of the regiment, 



HACK TO W.MniATCHIK AND BRIDGEPORT 29I 

wlio had been severely wounded in battle at Rino;gold, was 
commissioned lieutenant-colonel, much to the gratification 
of his men. and assumed command, when the following or- 
ders of the day were issued : 

"Hkadql'arters Seventh Regiment Ohio Vol. Tne., 
"Bridgeport, Alabama, February 24, 1864. 

"General Orders 
No. 2. 

"Until further orders the following orders of the day 
will be strictly observed : 

Reveille and Roll Call 6 a. m. 

Surgeon's Call and Police duty 7 a. m. 

First call for Guard Mounting 8.45 a. m. 

Guard Mounting 9 a. m. 

Company Drill, 10 a. m. 

Recall II A. m. 

Dinner, 12 m. 

Adjutant's Call 4.30 p. m. 

Dress Parade 5 p. m. 

Retreat and Roll Call 6 p. m. 

Tattoo 8 p. m. 

Taps 8.30 p. M. 

"By order of 

"Samuel McClelland, 
"Lieutenant-Colonel. Commanding Regiment. 
"Official; George D. Lockw'ood, 

"First Lieut, and Acting Adjutant." 

.\bout this time many of the volunteer organizations were 
veteranizing. ;'. c, having served two of the three years for 
which they had enlisted, they were offered $402 bounty and 
a thirty-day furlough to reenlist for a term of three years. 
or the war. and many of them did so. The members of the 
Seventh however, as a rule, although importuned by Gen- 
erals Slocujii and Geary and others, declined, expressing a 
preference to serving out their original three-year term, 
before contracting for another, although quite a number of 



292 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

the members of Company F, with now and then a member 
of other companies, did so. These comrades left Bridge- 
port for home on or about March 6, and returned on April 
6, after having most thoroughly enjoyed their bounty and 
leave of absence. On April 4, 1864, under orders from the 
War Department, the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were 
consolidated, to be known as the First Corps, but was sub- 
sequently changed at the request of General Grant to the 
Twentieth Corps. 

This corps consisted of four divisions commanded by 
Generals Williams, Geary, Butterfield, and Rousseau. The 
latter being on detached duty, never joined the command. 
The corps badge was that of the Twelfth, a five-pointed 
star, the color of the three divisions being red, white and 
blue. Requests made by Generals Hooker, Howard, and 
others that the new corps be known as the Twelfth Corps 
were unheeded. On April 12th, although under orders, yet 
with a view to recreation and adventure, General Geary with i 
a picked command — of which the Seventh Ohio was a 
part — embarked upon the steamer Chickammiga at Bridge- 
port, for an expedition down the Tennessee River, of I 
which he made the following report : 

"Headquarters Second Division, 

"TwEEETH Army Corps, 

"Bridgeport, Aea., April 16, 1864. 

"General: I have the honor to report progress andtj 
results of an expedition down the Tennessee River, made 
in pursuance of orders of the Major-General Commanding, :| 
under date of April loth instant. We steamed from 
Bridgeport at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the 12th, hav- 
ing on board and in two scows alongside, the Seventh and 
Sixty-sixth Ohio ; detachments of the Twenty-eighth and 
One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania, and one sec- 
tion of Knap's Pennsylvania battery, in all about 800 men, 
with ample supply of ammunition, and ten days' rations. 

"I manned a 12-pounder howitzer and a small mountain 
howitzer upon the boat. These additional pieces proved 



BACK TO WAUITATCIITl' AXO nRIPCKPORT 293 

very serviceable. We passed down the river by Island and 
Widow's CVecks and Caperton's Ferry, Coon Island, and 
Coon and Mud Creeks, Bellefontc Islands and Riley's 
Creek. At 8.15 p. m. wc arrived at Larkin's Landini^^ 
wben we baited for tbe nigbt. 1 bere found tbe Fifty-fiftb 
Illinois and two sections of artillery, and tbe post com- 
manded by Lient.-Col. D. C. Coleman, Kigbtb Missouri, 
witb wbom I communicated, and learned tbat tbe rebels bad 
a continuous cbain of pickets from Lebanon to Guntersville, 
wbere Captain Smitb's force of 100 men picketed. Start- 
ing at 6.50 A. M. on tbe I3tb, we passed tbrougb tbe pon- 
toon below Larkin's Ferry. Reacbed Seven-Mile Island 
at 7.40 A. M. and found a mail route across tbe bead of it. 
We broke up tbe line by sinking tbe boat used for it, moored 
in tbe busbes. Ran up Town Creek and Sbort Creek, find- 
ing two scows and a canoe. Tbcn proceeded to Gunters- 
ville, wbere we arrived at 10 .\. m. Rebel pickets fell back. 
I opened artillery from tbe tbree decks of tbe boat upon 
main force, wbicb took refuge in town. We occupied tbe 
town, captured mail and boats, one a large ferry-boat. 
Enemy fled. At 11.30 A. m. we passed Port Deposit, and 
Paint Rock at 12.15. 

"Wben passing Flint River, wbere tbe enemy bad a post, 
tbey discbargcd several volleys at us from places so sbel- 
tered tbat tbey could not be seen. Some of tbeir balls 
passed over tbe beads of tbe officers on tbe upi)cr deck, and 
several entirely tbrougb tbe boat. Two men of tbe Sev- 
entb Obio were wounded, one tbrougb tbe face and one in 
tbe bead. Two of tbe rebels w^ere picked off by my sbaqv 
sbooters. We put in at Wbitcsburg at 2.30 p. m. opposite 
two rebel forts, wbicb (jffered no molestation. 

"Post garrisoned by Fifty-sixtb Illinois, Fiftb Obio Cav- 
alry and section of Sixtb Wisconsin Battery. 

"At 4.30 p. M. we left Wbitcsburg, and discovered, a 
sbort distance above Indian Creek, a column of in- 
fantry, about two strong regiments, moving rapidly in a 
small vale on tbe soutb side toward a bigb rocky bluff, well 



294 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

fortified by nature, presenting a precipitous wall to the 
river, evidently intending to dispute our passage. 

*'We halted the boat and opened a warm fire upon them 
from the four pieces for fifteen minutes, and shelled a party 
which was already on the bluffs, and then ran past. Recon- 
noitered no miles down to within 14 miles of Decatur, re- 
solved to regain Guntersville before morning. Therefore 
directed boat up stream, reaching Whitesburg shortly after 
dark. Again got under way. Halted short time opposite 
Guntersville at 2 a. m. of the 14th, then passed to Roman's 
Ferry. Troops under arms going and coming. Reached 
Bridgeport April 16, 1864, at 2 a. m. 

"Upon the expedition we destroyed forty-seven boats. 
Our casualties are: Private James B. Auxer, Company F, 
Seventh Ohio, gunshot wound through face; Private Wil- 
liam H. Poor, Company F, Seventh Ohio, gunshot wound 
in head; Private Martin T. Britton, Company D, bruised 
right hand. 

"Captured 4 prisoners with arms, and 17 $1,000 R. R. 
bonds, taken at Guntersville. 

"John W. Geary, 
"Brigadier-General, Commanding." 

Gen. George H. Thomas, in forwarding General Geary's 
report to General Sherman, did so "with expressions of 
satisfaction at the manner in which Brig.-Gen. John W. 
Geary conducted his expedition and the results which fol- 
lowed." 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, DUG GAP, AND RESACA. 

At Bridgeport the Tennessee River, some hundreds of 
yards in width, was spanned by a substantial pontoon 
bridge, over which, on May i, a large herd of beeves, in- 
tended for use during the then approacliing Atlanta cam- 
paign, essayed to cross. The river was not only wide and 
deep but the current was very rapid, and when the leaders 
of this herd reached the middle of the stream the great ex- 
panse of boiling, whirling, and rapidly moving water 
seemed to terrify them, causing them to halt, as if to turn 
about and retreat ; but this was prevented by the press from 
behind, resulting in such a concentration of weight as to 
sink the pontoon boats, break up tlie bridge, and precipitate 
many fine cattle into the river. 

However, they all seemed to be expert swimmers, and 
while some at once started for the shore, others held on 
mid-stream and went floating down out of sight. How 
many cattle were actually lost to the Government by this 
incident we never knew. 

Preparatory to entering upon what is known as the At- 
lanta campaign, Maj.-Gen. William T. Sherman, during 
the early part of the year 1864, exhausted every effort in 
bringing to Chattanooga sufficient supplies to enable every 
arm of the service under his command to start out with a 
plenty and to spare, in all of which he was eminently suc- 
cessful, and early in May the great army then concentrated 
under the command of Major-Generals Thomas. McPher- 
son. Hooker. Schoficld and Howard. — all under command 
of "Uncle Pjilly." of whom it was saiil, "Sherman will move 
if he has to eat his mules," — marched away for Atlanta, 
while General Grant, in command of the .\rmy of the 
Potomac, moved from a!x)ut Culpcper toward Richmond. 
On May 3. 1864. Geary's division left Bridgeport and 



296 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

marched to Shell Mound, while the next day it again 
marched through Wauhatchie Valley, along the west side 
of Lookout Mountain, crossing over its nose near the Ten- 
nessee River, and halting on the Chattanooga side for the 
night. Here we saw every indication of a great military 
campaign, in the great bodies of infantry, cavalry, and 
artillery, filling and crowding the roads in every direction, 
while the supply trains of wagons, in almost endless num- 
ber, were parked in the fields until the troops should lead 
off and get under way. 

On the 5th. passing through Rossville Gap across the 
Chickamauga battlefield toward Ringgold, it kept to the 
right to Post Oak Church, and the next day reached Pea 
Vine Church. 

On the 7th it crossed Taylor's Ridge, passing Gordon's 
Springs to Nuckles, and to Dug Gap in Rocky Face Ridge 
on the 8th, where Geary's division made vigorous attack by 
way of a diversion, while other troops passed through Snake 
Creek Gap lower down the range. 

In this affair at Dug Gap the Twenty-ninth Ohio In- 
fantry was very roughly handled, something after the style 
of the Seventh at Ringgold, while the Seventh, by order of 
General Geary, who remembered Ringgold, was held in re- 
serve and not exposed or engaged in any way. That night, 
however, the Seventh was on picket and well to the front 
at that point until the 12th, when the command moved 
through Snake Creek Gap and toward Resaca, where the 
enemy had halted for battle. On the 13th we drew closer 
to Resaca; on the 14th moved to the extreme left of the 
line on the left of Williams's division, while on the 15th the 
battle of Resaca was fought. 

General Geary said : "Owing to the extremely rough and 
hilly nature of the ground, and the small compass within 
which the entire corps was to operate in the first charge, the 
only formation by which my command could be handled to 
advantage was that of column by regiments," — which sug- 
gested to the members of the Seventh the battle of Kerns- 
town, where the Third Brigade went to battle in column of 



THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN 297 

iivisions. Parts of Geary's and Butterfield's divisions 
•aced for the capture of a 4-gun battery. pt)sted in pits dug 
\\-)on the brow of a modest ele\ation, and well guarded by 
nfantry in trenches near by. and while they succeeded in 
iilcncing the guns, they could not bring them off. Between 
] and 4 r. m., by order of General Hooker. General Geary 
•elicvecl General Butterfield's division and kept close guard 
)ver the silenced guns until nightfall, when General Geary 
nstructed Colonel Cobham of the One Hundred and Elev- 
Mith Pennsylvania to dig through the works in front of the 
yuns and bring them off with drag-ropes during the night. 
rhe necessary tools and ropes were supplied to do this 
tvork, which was accomplished successfully by the Fifth 
3hio and a detail from the Thirty-third New Jersey, drag- 
ging the guns out from under the very nose of the enemy, 
despite all the resistance they could make — the Seventh 
jeing near by to join in the shooting when the dragging out 
:ook place, but suffering little loss. Corp. George W. Tyr- 
rell of the Fifth Ohio brought off a rebel flag and was sub- 
sequently given a medal of honor therefor. 

General Butterfield claimed credit for capturing this bat- 
tery, but as General Geary had possession of the guns, he 
held on to them. On the morning of the i^th the enemy 
had evacuated and General Sherman ordered pursuit, 
jeary's division crossed the Connesauga and Coosa- 
kvattee Creeks and encamped. On the 17th it marched 
toward Calhoun; on the i8th to Gravelly Plateau on the 
Cassville road ; while on the 19th the Fifth Ohio led on the 
skirmish line, to near Cassville. where a halt was made f<M- 
three days. 

"T]i:.\DguAKTi;ks Skvkntii Ohio Voluntekk Inkaxtrv. 
"Bivouac, nkar Cassville, Ga., May 21, 1864. 

"Sir: T have the honor to submit the following report 
of the movements of my command since May 12, 1864. and 
participation in the late engagement near Resaca. Ga. : 

"At about 7 a. m. Thursday. May 12. 1864, my comman<l 
moved from its position near Mill Creek Gap in a southerly 



298 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

direction, and at sundown arrived at Snake (Creek) Gap, 
where we bivouacked for the night. May 13, at about 12 
M., moved forward in a southeasterly direction until about 
5 p. M., when we came upon our outer lines, which were 
skirmishing with the enemy. The regiment was ordered to 
take a position on a hill, where it remained during the night 
and until 4 p. m. the next day, May 14, when my command 
was ordered to the extreme left of our line of battle. We 
arrived after dark, formed in line and threw out pickets in 
front; remained here until 10 a. m. May 15, when the regi- 
ment was ordered to the right to the support of the Third 
Division, then heavily engaged in resisting the charge of the 
enemy. The regiment in line of battle advanced to within 
a few paces of the rest of the hill, in front of which were 
two lines of battle, and rested upon the ground. While 
lying in this position 5 men of my regiment were struck 
with the enemy's balls.* None was dangerously wounded. 
After lying here about an hour I was ordered to support the 
One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Veteran 
Volunteers. We moved to the immediate front and formed 
on the right of that regiment, the regiment being in a ravine. 
Forty men w^ere sent to the crest of the hill in advance as 
sharpshooters, their position being protected by piles of 
rails, breastworks having been built and artillery got into 
position on a commanding hill a few paces in our rear. At 
about 10 p. M. the regiment was ordered to join the re- 
mainder of the brigade, then lying in a ravine to our right 
and near the road running east and west. Here arms were 
stacked and the men laid down to rest. I was aroused at 
about II p. M. by rapid discharges of musketry, and caused 
the regiment to fall in and be in readiness for any emer- 
gency. By order of General Geary three companies of my 
regiment were deployed on the crest of the hill to stop the 
retreat of stragglers from the front. The firing soon 
ceased, and the regiment rested undisturbed until daylight. 
At about 9 A. M. we were ordered to fall in, and moved off 
by the road toward the east, crossing the railroad a mile 

*See Casualty List, p. 648. 



THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN 299 

north of Resaca at noon ; crossed Connesauga Creek at 5 
p. M. : arrived at Coosawattee Creek; found the cavalry 
had discovered a body of the enemy in a piece of woods on 
the opixjsite bank. I was ordered to take my command a 
lialf mile to the left to support a section of artillery in posi- 
tion on commanding- ground near the bank of the creek, 
Dur troops having crossed the creek without opposition. 
At 9 p. M. received orders to rejoin the brigade, then in 
:amp on the opposite bank. May 17, again moved forward 
It abdut 12 M. After marching about eight miles halted 
for the night near Calhoun. May 18. fell in at 4 a. m., and 
ifter a very fatiguing march, principally across fields and 
3ver mountains, went into camp soon after sunset. May 
19, moved off soon after sunrise in an easterly direction, 
scarcely any of the time being on a beaten path. At about 
\ p. M.. when approaching the town of Cassville, found that 
we were in the vicinity of the enemy. The regiment was 
Drdered to take position behind some breastworks of rails 
nastily thrown up. .\fter remaining here something like 
:wo hours my command was again moved forward about 
1 mile and formed in line of battle on a retreating piece of 
^[^round in the rear of a piece of woods, where the regiment 
'emains. 
"Respectfully submitted. 

"Samuel McClelland. 
"Lieut. -Col.. Comdg. Seventh Regt. Ohio Vol. Tnftv. 
'Lieut. A. H. W. Creigh. 

"A. A. A. 0.. 1st I»rig., 2d Div.. 20th Army Corps." 



CHAPTER XXXV. 

PUMPKIN vine; crkkk, dali^as^ and new hope church. 

On the 23rd, moved to and across Etowah River and the 
next day to Burnt Hickory. Colonel Charles Candy, com- 
manding First Brigade, said : 

"On May 25 marched at 6 a. m., this brigade in advance 
of the division, and moved to Pumpkin Vine Creek, where 
the advance met the enemy's cavalry pickets. Skirmishers 
were thrown across the stream, the Seventh Ohio perform- 
ing this duty, when we advanced about three miles, where 
we met the advance of the enemy in force, composed of in- 
fantiy and cavalry. The brigade was formed in line of 
battle. The Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania was ordered to 
advance as skirmishers to assist the Seventh Ohio, who 
were warmly engaged with the enemy, and were making a 
stubborn resistance. The enemy's skirmishers were com- 
pelled to fall back to their main line, one and a half miles. 
The enemy then advanced in force and poured a heavy and 
galling" fire into the entire line. It fell most heavily on the 
Fifth Ohio, who lost 7 killed and 51 wounded." 

Colonel Patrick of the Fifth Ohio and Lieutenant Hitt of 
Colonel Candy's staff were killed in this battle, and Capt. 
Lew. R. Davis of General Geary's staff captured, while Ser- 
geants McClelland and Strattan of the Seventh, and 
others, were killed, and some wounded, still further deci- 
mating the already greatly depleted ranks. 

Following is an extract from the official report of Brig.- 
Gen. John W. Geary. 

"new hope church. 

"May 25, at 7 a. m., I marched with my command, tak- 
ing the road to Dallas via bridge across Pumpkin Vine 



PUMPKIN viNK cui:i;k — Ni:w iioi'K ciiiiRcii 301 

Creek at Owen's Mill. Williams's ami ButterfieKl's divis- 
ions, 1110x1115:. respectively, by roads on my n<(ht and left, 
were to cross the creek by other bridg^es. The point of con- 
centration ordered was to be Dallas (see order of march 
for May 25. dated May 24, headquarters Department of the 
Cumberland). The Major-General Commanding corps 
and myself, with our staffs and escort, preceded the troops 
to the bri(l!n;-e at Owen's Mill, which we found burning, hav- 
ing just been fired. While engaged in extinguishing the 
flames and repairing the bridge we were fired upon from 
the hill opposite, proving that the enemy were here in our 
front. A portion of Maj.-Gen. Hooker's cavalry escort 
fording the creek, deployed and advanced on the opposite 
side througii the woods, driving before them a short dis- 
tance what proved to be an outpost of 25 cavalrymen. My 
infantrv soon came up. and the repairs to the bridge being 
finished by the pioneer corps, the entire division crossed; 
the Seventh Ohio Volunteers preceding, deployed as skir- 
mishers, advanced rapidly in the direction of New Hope 
Church. Candy's brigade leading. Near Hawkins's house, 
one and a half miles from the bridge, our skirmishers be- 
came heavily engaged with those of the enemy, and 
almost immediately a furious charge was made upon us. 
Our skirmishers resisted. Candy's brigade was deployed 
into line on the double-quick, and after a sharp engagement 
the charge was repulsed. The skirmi.sh line was now rein- 
forcerl. and extended to the length of a mile by the Twenty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. The remaining four 
legiments of Candy's brigade were deployed in line of 
battle, and. supported by my other two brigades, moved 
forward, attacking and driving steadily for half a mile a 
heavy force of Hood's corps, which opposed us. From 
prisoners captured we learned that Hood's entire corps was 
in our front, and Hardee's not far off. in the direction of 
Dallas. My division was isolated, at least five miles from 
the nearest supporting troops, and had been sustaining a 
sharp conflict with the enemy for four hours. Close in my 
front was an overwhelming force. My command was. by 



302 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

order of the Major-General Commanding the corps (who 
was with me), haUed and formed on a ridge in the woods, 
advantageous for defense, and a sHght barricade of logs 
hastily thrown up. My skirmish lines were deployed to a 
still greater extent than before, and ordered to keep up an 
aggressive fire, the object being to deceive the enemy as to 
our weakness by a show of strength. During this halt a 
charge made by a brigade of the enemy in column upon that 
part of my skirmish line occupied by the Seventh Ohio Vol- 
unteers was handsomely repulsed. The skirmish line there 
formed nearly a right angle toward the enemy, who charged 
upon the center line, not seeing that upon their flank. 
When the three regiments neared the angle they were met 
by a sharp fire in front and a heavy enfilading fire from 
their left flank, and retreated in hasty disorder and with 
considerable loss. Orders had been sent, as soon as the 
enemy was found in force in my front, by the Major-Gen- 
eral Commanding corps, to Generals Butterfield and Wil- 
liams to march their divisions to the point where mine was 
engaged. By 5 p. m. both had come up and massed, Wil- 
liams on my right and Butterfield on my left and rear. 
Each division was quickly formed for attack in columns by 
brigades, Williams leading, Butterfield next, my division as 
a reserve, and the corps advanced upon the enemy. In the 
advance Butterfield's brigades moved toward the flanks, 
leaving me in support of Williams, who had been heavily 
engaged, driving the enemy some distance. I received 
orders to push forward and relieve liis troops. This was 
between 6 and 7 p. m. The movement ordered for my 
division was made with great rapidity, through a dense 
woods, swept by a very heavy artillery and musketry fire. 
The discharges of canister and shell from the enemy were 
heavier than in any other battle of the campaign in which 
my command was engaged. The troops of General Wil- 
liams's division were relieved by this movement, and Cob- 
ham's brigade and portions of Candy's brigade engaged the 
enemy furiously at short range, driving him again until 
after dark, when my command was halted close under the 



PUMTKIX \INI-: CU1:i:K i\K\V MOVE CIU'RCFL 3O3 

mcniy's batteries and ciitrcncliments near New Hope 
riuirch. The ni^lit was intensely dark, and a very severe 
luinder-storni. with cold, pelting rain, added to the gloom. 
[t was. therefore. inipossil)le to form a regular line with the 
roops, and all the dispositions of them we could make was 
)y the titful Hashes of lightning. Breastworks were thrown 
ip as fast as jx^ssiblc during the night, and the dead and 
vounded were all cared for before morning. 

"May 26. when dawn came I found the ix:)sition held by 
ny troops to be a ridge of considerable natural strength 
confronting another ridge at a distance of from 80 yards on 
he left to 300 yards on the right, on which were the 
inemy's main lines. Around us in every direction were 
hick woods. The road to New Hope Church passed 
hrough my lines occupied by Candy's brigade, the flank of 
vliich. on the left of the road, was not in connection with 
my other troops. At this point near the road my lines 
vere closest to those opposing us, and sharpshooters from 
randy's brigade were so posted as to command a battery in 
lis front, preventing the enemy from working his guns, 
'xcepting now and then to deliver an occasional shot. 
\nother battery in Cobham's front was similarly com- 
nanded by sharpshooters from his brigade. Strong skir- 
nish lines were posted along our front and drove the ene- 
ny's skirmishers into their main line of entrenchments and 
:ept them there for the most part during the succeeding days 
hat we remained in this position. The battle of the 25th 
vas altogether in the woods, affording no opportunity for 
he use of artillery on our side. In my front this day I 
iscertained that the enemy had seventeen pieces of artillery 
veil entrenched in their second line of works on top of the 
idge occupied by them. This line of works was very 
trong. with re-entering angles. From my skirmish line 
t could be closely reconnoitered. being distant only about 
00 yards. In addition to this they occupied in strong 
orce a line of breastworks nearer us at the foot of the 
idge. To this work their skirmishers were all driven, ancl 
ny skirmishers, advanced to the farthest point possible, 



304 skvknth r^^imknt OHIO voi,unte:er INJ'ANTRY 

were ordered to hold them there and to cover with their 
own fire, if possible, every piece of artillery posted in our 
front. Directions were also given when night came for i 
the construction of log rifle-pits of the V pattern for the c 
protection of my skirmishers and sharpshooters, the num- ■ 
ber of casualties among them being quite large during the '. 
day. At noon troops of General Stanley's division, Fourth 
Corps, came up and connected on my left by a refused line, 
and by order of Maj.-Gen. Thomas relieved five regiments '. 
of Candy's brigade, which had held the left of the road since i 
the evening of yesterday. My entire division was now \ 
formed on the right of the road from left to right, in the< 
following order: Candy's brigade, Lockman's, then Co-ii 
burn's brigade of Butterfield's division, and on his right 1 
Cobham's brigade, of my division. Two-thirds of eachl 
brigade formed the front line. The remainder was place! 1 
in reserve near the foot of the ridge. Under protection ofii 
our sharpshooters breastworks were erected during the day, I 
and, wherever possible, the timber in front was slashed, i 
forming an abatis. All of my artillery, twelve pieces, was^ 
placed in position along my line during the day and night. ( 
The enemy made frequent sorties, attempting to drive in myii 
skirmishers, establish their own line, and prevent our 
throwing up works, but in every case they were driven back 
with severe loss. Their artillery was rendered almost en-J 
tirely inefficient by the constant watchfulness of our sharp-f 
shooters, and our works progressed rapidly. After dusk,t 
Cobham's brigade, being relieved by Ward's, of Butterfield's! 
division, took the place held in line by Coburn, thus bring- 
ing my entire command into a connected line. 

"My losses during yesterday and to-day were 376 killed, 
wounded, and missing. A full statement of them will be 
found hereto appended. I have to enumerate among the! 
dead, fallen in the battle of New Hope Church, Col. John 
H. Patrick, Fifth Ohio Volunteers, a brave officer, who had 
served with his regiment since April, 1861, and here felli 



PUMPKIN VINK CRlvKK NHW lIOPlv CIHUCll 305 

mortally wounded by a canister shot, and Lieut. Joseph W. 
Ilitt, of Colonel Candy's staff, a promising- young- officer. 
My three brigade coniniandcrs. Colonels Candy, Lockman, 
and Cobham, all displayed personal gallantry and performed 
their whole duty in the most efficient manner. The behavior 
of the officers and men under their command was excellent 
throughout. For twenty-four hours they were actively en- 
gaged with the enemy without opportunity to cook a single 
meal or make a cup of coffee. I sustained a personal loss 
in the capture of Capt. L. R. Davis of the Seventh Ohio 
Volunteers, who had served as aide-de-camp on my staff 
for two years and had earned a wide-spread reputation for 
his extreme gallantry and personal daring. 

"May 2j, lively skirmishing all day, our sharpshooters 
preventing the enemy from free use of their guns (artil- 
lery). The enemy made occasional attempts to drive in 
our skirmishers, but were each time driven back to their en- 
trenchments with heavy loss. My artillery kept up a de- 
structive fire, enfilading portions of the enemy's works. In 
this constant, watchful war between skirmishers, kept up 
night and day, here as elsewhere in similar positions during 
this campaign, my troops thoroughly proved their superior- 
ity over the enemy as sharpshooters, invariably driving them 
from their post. During the 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st 
days of May our position and general daily routine of 
artillery practice and sharpshooting were unchanged. 
Small out-works for the ])rotection of skirmishers were 
thrown up at every available point, thus diminishing my 
daily returns of casualties. From the 25th of May until 
the 1st of June, my entire division was under fire, without 
an hour of relief. Owing to the proximity of the lines, and 
the nature of the ground, no one, whether in front or rear, 
:ouId rest quietly with any a.ssurance of safety. No op- 
portunity being afforded for proper shelter, rest, and diet, 
:hc necessary result of this series of operations was a large 
ncrease of sickness. 



306 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 
"casualties in battle at new HOPE CHURCH, GA. 





Killed. 


Wounded. 


Missing. 


Aggregate. 


Commissioned officers, . . 
Enlisted men 


3 
49 


17 
422 


I 

17 


21 

488 


Total 


52 


439 


18 


509 



"June I, being relieved by Harrow's division, of the 
Fifteenth Corps, I withdrew my command from the works 
and, forming in the Dallas road, marched to the rear of the 
left of Johnson's division, of the Fourteenth Corps, where 
the division encamped, with Butterfield on the right and 
Williams on the left, June 2, moved still farther to the 
left in the direction of Allatoona Church, within about two 
and a half miles of which I placed my command in position 
on a thickly wooded ridge in the rear and in support of the 
Twenty-third Corps. During the day heavy storms of rain 
and hail prevailed, making the ground heavy, and swelling 
the creeks so as to render them almost impassable. Ac- 
tive artillery and musketry fire in the front, during which 
many shots passed through my camp, in which also several 
shells exploded. June 3, 4, and 5, remained in same posi- 
tion. On the 3d the Third Brigade was detached, and at 4 
p. M. proceeded to the bridge on the Acworth road over 
Allatoona Creek, with orders to hold the bridge and the 
ford. It found the bridge in a shattered condition, but 
placed it in good order, remaining at this point during the 
4th and 5th. June 6, the enemy having evacuated the 
works in the immediate front of the army, the division 
marched to the Marietta road, encamping on Hull's farm, 
near the junction of the roads leading to Big Shanty and to 
Lost Mountain, Butterfield and Williams on the right, the 
Fourth Corps upon the left. June 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, 
remained in same position, having thrown up breastworks 
to cover the roads approaching my front, advancing my 



PUMPKIN VINE CREEK — NEW HOPE CHURCH 307 

skirmishers and feeling the enemy, who were found fortify- 
ing the ridges connecting Lost Mountain and Pine Hill. 
On the 7th, Colonel P. H. Jones, One Hundred and Fifty- 
fourth New York Volunteers, having reported for duty, 
and being the senior ofiicer, was assigned to the command 
of the Second Brigade. On the loth orders were received 
to move on the Marietta road toward Kenesaw Station, but 
the Fourth and Fourteenth Corps, occupying the road with 
troops and trains, prevented any movement on the part of 
my command. On the nth, the term of service of the 
Seventh Ohio Volunteers, Lieut.-Col. McClelland, having 
expired, the regiment departed for the North. During its 
long connection with my division, this regiment, by gallant 
service upon many fields, on which it lost heavily, earned 
for itself a reputation of which Ohio may well be proud." 

"Headquarters Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers, 
"Near Allatoona, Ga., June 9, 1864. 

"Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report of 
the movements of my command since May 17, 1864, to the 
present date: 

"May 17, my command, then in camp on the south bank 
of the Coosawattee Creek, at about 1 1 a. m. moved forward 
in line a southerly direction, and at sundown halted for the 
night near Calhoun. May 18, moved on at 4 a. m., and 
after a very fatiguing march, most of the way over moun- 
tains and across fields, halted for the night just after sunset. 
May 19, moved forward in an easterly direction. Scarcely 
any of our line of march was in a beaten path or traveled 
road. At about 4 p. m., when approaching the town of 
Cassville, found the enemy in our immediate front. My 
command was ordered to take a position under cover of 
some hastily constructed breastworks, and after remaining 
there about two hours, was ordered forward about a mile, 
and then formed in line of battle in the rear of the One 
Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers and 
on the left of the Fifth Ohio Volunteers. Here it remained 
until al>-)ut 10 a. m. on the 21st instant, when it was re- 



308 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

moved about one mile to the rear in a piece of woods, where 
it remained until the morning of the 23rd instant, when, 
with the division, it moved off, passing through Cassville 
and Cass Station, crossing the railroad and taking a south- 
westerly course ; at about 4 p. m. crossed the Etowah River 
and halted for the night two miles beyond. May 24, at an 
early hour, the regiment was ordered forward, and at sunset 
was halted for the night on Hickory Ridge. May 25, re- 
ceived orders to take the advance of the brigade, which had 
the advance of the division and entire column; moved off 
at 7 A. M. At about a mile from camp, by order of General 
Geary, I deployed seven companies as skirmishers, three on 
the right and four on the" left of the road. Owing to the 
density of the underbrush and rank growth of weeds, which 
were very wet with rain, the advance of the skirmishers was 
very slow and toilsome. .Vt about three miles from the 
previous night's camp, and when approaching Pumpkin 
Vine Creek, our advance was fired upon by the enemy's 
pickets, who were stationed at the bridge ; the extreme right 
of my skirmishers was also fired upon by cavalry pickets 
from the opposite bank of the creek. The enemy had 
made an attempt to destroy the bridge by tearing up the 
planking and setting it on fire in several places. With some 
delay my command crossed and advanced to the hill on the 
opposite bank. After resting half an hour they again 
moved forward. Generals Hooker and Geary, with their 
staffs and body-guard, were well up with, and at times in 
advance of, the skirmish line. At about 10 a. m., when 
about two miles beyond the creek, some of General Hook- 
er's body-guard, then in advance, were fired upon by the 
enemy. General Geaiy immediately ordered me to deploy 
my reserve to the right and left of the road and move for- 
ward on the enemy to relieve General Hooker's body-guard, 
then being driven back. I did so, deploying my three re- 
maining companies, consisting of about sixty-five men, who 
immediately engaged the enemy and held them at bay until 
the other regiments of the brigade were advanced in line of 
battle, pushing the enemy before them something like a 



PUMPKIN VINK CRKKK — NKW TIOPIv CHURCH 3O9 

mile. Durinp^ this skinnish I had i man killed and <S 
wonnded. Here we were ordered to remain and throw up 
breastworks, which was done very hastily. At about 6 p. 
M. my command was ordered into line, the Fifth Ohio Vol- 
unteers on my right and Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteers on 
my left, and advanced to the support of the Second and 
Third Brigades. On getting within range of the enemy's 
fire while advancing, 3 men were killed and 15 were 
woundeil. One shell from the enemy's guns exploded in 
the ranks, killing 2 men and wounding 6 others. My com- 
mand lay in position in the front line until 1 1 o'clock on the 
26th instant, when it was relieved by a regiment from the 
Fourth Corps, and retired to a ravine a hundred yards in 
the rear, where it remained until the evening of the 27th 
instant, when it was ordered to relieve the Sixty-sixth Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry in the first line of entrenchments. Dur- 
ing the night and following day our skirmishers, stationed 
about fifty yards in advance of the breastworks, were con- 
stantly skirmishing with the enemy. At about 8 a. m. on 
the 28th instant the enemy opened upon us three pieces of 
artillery, but with no effect. The pieces were s»xin silenced 
by the Thirteenth New York Battery and our skirmishers 
in front. The regiment was relieved by the Fifth Ohio 
Volunteers, and retired to the ravine in the rear, where it 
remained until the evening of the 30th instant, when it was 
ordered to relieve the Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry 
in the first line of entrenchments. During the succeeding 
twenty-four hours our skirmishers were constantly firing, 
but nothing unusual (Kcurred. One man of my command 
was severely wr»unded in the face by a musket ball. May 
31, at sunset, the regiment was relieved by the Fifth Ohio 
Volunteers, and retired to the second line of entrenchments. 
"June I. at 12 m. my command was relieved by troops 
from the Fifteenth Army Corps, and was removed to the 
extreme left of our line of battle, where it bivouacked for the 
night. June 2, at 11 a. m. I received orders to move. and. 
with the division, moved forward toward the advanced line 
and halted at about a thousanil vards in its rear. Bv orders 



3IO SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI^UNTEER INEANTRY 

formed in column by divisions, and here remained until 
the morning of the 6th instant, when the regiment was 
moved in an easterly direction for about four miles, when 
it was halted, and I was ordered to stack arms and imme- 
diately set about building breastworks. My command was 
very actively engaged at this until sunset, when it was re- 
lieved by a detail from the One Hundred and Forty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and since that time has remained 
in camp upon the same ground.* 

"Respectfully, your obedient servant, 

"Saml. McCi^ELIvAnd, 
"Lieut.-Col., Comdg. Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
"Lieut. A. H. W. Creigh, 

"A. A. A. G., 1st Brig., 2d Div., 20th Army Corps." 

Sergeant-Major Hubbard states that while at Burnt 
Hickory, New Hope Church, and Dallas, where the regi- 
ment was under fire almost constantly day and night from 
May 25 to June i, on one occasion Colonel McClelland's 
cook brought something to eat, when, realizing the constant 
danger, the Colonel said, "Hubbard, sit behind that tree, 
where you will be safe ; but the Sergeant demurred, insist- 
ing that as the Colonel's life was the more valuable he 
should sit there himself, and finally prevailed upon him to 
do so ; but he had hardly seated himself when a bullet 
struck the limb of a tree, glanced, and hit the Colonel in the 
breast with such force that for a time his life was despaired 
of; but rallying, he commenced to breathe, and soon re- 
covered from the effects of this almost knock-out blow near 
his heart. They went on with their meal, as if nothing had 
happened, but later, on examining the Colonel's chest, a flat- 
tened bullet was found, and preserved, as the cause of this 
almost fatal catastrophe. 



*See Casualty List, p. 648. 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

GOING IIOMIC TO BE MUSTERED OUT. 

The recruits who cnHsted in August, 1862, with the 
understanding that they were to be assigned to the Seventh 
to serve for the unexpired term of tlie regiment, and as- 
sured that they would be permitted to return home when the 
original members did, expected to be allowed to do so. 
Imagine their great disappointment, however, when in- 
formed that they were, under the terms of their muster, to 
be held another year, and that the original members were 
going home without them. Sergt.-Maj. Hubbard states that 
the order to relieve the Seventh reached Colonel McClelland 
about 9 .\. M., June 11, 1864. with instructions that all re- 
cruits and veterans were to report to the Fifth Ohio. The 
Colonel, with tears in his eyes, told the sergeant-major that 
he must rely on him to go down the line and make the an- 
nouncement. This was almost if not quite as difficult a 
task for Sergeant Hubbard as for the Colonel, but he 
obeyed orders. At first there was a great shout, and caps 
went high in the air until the information concerning tiie 
recruits became known, when sadness and sorrow reigned 
supreme. However, the entire regiment fell in in two lines 
facing each other, one consisting of the original members, 
the other of the recruits and veterans. 

The Colonel commanded, "Attention! Present arms! 
Shoulder arms! Original members, right face; forward, 
march!" and away they went, amid .sobs and tears, the like 
of which is seldom heard or witnessed. Sergeant Hubbard 
says if tears ever fell from mortal eyes they did then. 

These Seventh Ohio lecruits and veterans formed a de- 
tachment which was attached to the Fifth Ohio Infantry, 
and after passing through the rest of the Atlanta Campaign, 
fighting in the great battles at Pine Knob, Kenesaw Moun- 
tain, and Peach Tree Creek, as well as in manv minor en- 



312 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

gagements, where some of them were killed and wounded, 
those remaining were, on the 31st of October, 1864, regu- 
larly merged into that regiment, and after marching with 
Sherman from Atlanta to the sea, and up through the Caro- 
linas to Washington, D. C, they there participated in May, 
1865, in that Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and 
Sherman, the finest military pageant ever seen in this coun- 
try. Here, at last, seemed to be some compensation for all 
the disappointment that had the year before been theirs, and 
when the original members of the regiment really envied 
them because all this additional service and honor had so 
worthily come to them. Some effort has been made to ob- 
tain data concerning the deaths, wounds and promotions 
among these men, after June 11, 1864, but with only par- 
tial success however, as indicated in our roster. 

Going to Big Shanty Station the Seventh was delayed 
for transportation, but finally got off for Chattanooga, 
arriving there in the night of the 15th of June, 1864. Left 
for Nashville on the 17th, arriving the next day at 6 p. m. 
On the 19th embarked on steamer Mercury, leaving next 
morning at 4 o'clock, going down the Cumberland River 
past Fort Donelson, where only modest earthworks could 
be seen. 

At Canton, Kentucky, two companies of the Seventh 
went ashore in search of guerrillas who had fired into a 
boat ahead of us. None was found. 

On the 2 1st, reached mouth of the Cumberland at 5 a. m. 
When our boat had passed Preston, Kentucky, a volley was 
fired at us from a rocky ledge on the Kentucky shore, which 
was promptly responded to, and this was the last shooting 
that the Seventh Ohio engaged in. (Two of the Seventh 
are said to have been wounded.) Reached Evansville, In- 
diana, on the 22d, New Albany on the 23d, and Madison on 
the 24th. Sergeant Trembly of Company C fell overboard 
and was lost to us. Comrades remained behind and found 
his body, and it was conveyed to his parents. 

On June 25, 1864, the Seventh reached Cincinnati at 3 
A. M., where the citizens had arranged to welcome the 



GOING IIOMK TO BE MUSTERED OUT 3I3 

original members of the Fifth Ohio who chd not veteranize, 
and were expected by rail at 9 a. m. 

Colonel Dunning, learning of the arrival of the Seventh, 
insisted that we should join in the welcome to the men we 
had served with so long and be received with them, and 
to this the officers and men of the Seventh consented. 

When the train bearing some 235 of the Fifth Ohio came 
to a stop, as they disembarked it was something to see those 
bronzetl and weatherbeaten veterans disappear in loving 
embraces. However, in time they were disentangled, and 
with the Seventh as their guests, after a short march they 
reached Mozart Hall, where formal addresses of welcome 
were made and then refreshments served. Each soldier had 
at least one sweet girl at each elbow, while they were very 
busy filling the soldier boys too full for utterance. Finally 
the Seventh said good-by, and at 2.30 p. m. left on a special 
train for Cleveland. The time of the home-coming of the 
Seventh had become known throughout the cities, towns, 
and country places from whence it came, hence not only 
those near and dear by the ties of nature and affection, but 
many hundreds of others came to meet, greet, and welcome 
the soldiers who had not only seen more than three years' 
active service in the greatest war of modern times, but had 
shed their patriotic blood upon many battlefields and made 
a record alike honorable to themselves and the great Com- 
monwealth from which they hailed. 

On this glad Sabbath morning. June 26, 1864, as the fire 
bells thruughout the city and a battery, by agreement, an- 
nounced the near approach of the regiment, a great host of 
people hastened to the depot, and as the train came to a 
stop a mighty shout of welcome greeted it, and such an 
eager throng pressed it as to make it almost impossible for 
the soldiers to alight. 

However, as the men disembarked, as a rule, each one 
was captured by relatives and friends, when all the tender 
scenes witnessed at Cincinnati, in the welcome to the Fifth 
Ohio, were reenacted. 

This cordial and affectionate greeting over, a substantial 



314 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

breakfast at the depot followed, then marching up to the 
post-office building, Prosecuting-Attorney Grannis, in the 
absence of Mayor Senter, welcomed the regiment in behalf 
of the city. Mr. Grannis was followed by his excellency 
Governor John Brough, for whom the great majority of 
the regiment had voted, at an election held at Duck River, 
Tennessee, under the law permitting soldiers who were un- 
avoidably absent from their State, to vote. (Note from 
diary: "October 13, 1863 — We held our election to-day. 
I was chosen one of the clerks. Co. D polled 30 votes for , 
Brough. None for Vallandigham.") 

In the course of his remarks the Governor said : 
"Men of the Seventh Ohio: On behalf of the State I 
am here to give you a cordial greeting on your return. We 
welcome you back, not only because you are back, but be- 
cause you have reflected honor on your State. Standing, 
as I do, in the position of father of all the regiments of the 
State, it will not do for me to discriminate; but I will say 
that no regiment has returned to the bosom of the State, 
and none remains to come after it, that will bring back a 
more glorious record than the gallant old Seventh." 

The regiment then marched to Cleveland Heights, where 
it made its final camp, where the preparation of reports, 
pay-rolls and discharges were made out by officers and first 
sergeants, assisted by comrades who wielded a ready pen, 
while the great mass of the membership went to their homes 
near by, to return for muster out. On Sunday, July 3. 
1864, the members of the regiment then present marched to 
Erie Cemetery, where the remains of Colonels Creighton 
and Crane were in a vault, and escorted the same to Wood- 
land Cemetery, where the Seventh Ohio Infantry monu- 
ment was subsequently erected and where the remains of 
these beloved commanders yet remain. 

Seven companies were discharged on the 6th and three 
on the 7th of July, 1864, and all services terminated on 
those dates, although not paid off until the next day. 

On July 8, 1864, therefore, the members of the Seventh 



GOING IIOMK TO BK MUSTERED OUT 315 

Ohio Infantry separated with hcart-fclt regrets, many to 
never greet each other again, causing a feehng of peculiar 
sadness, as well as of real joy at being once more honorably 
free from military rule and discipline; yet a goodly num- 
ber of both officers and men went out again ere the close of 
the war. adding new rank and honor to their already gallant 
military record. 

(Note. — On Sunday morning. May 5, 1861, the Seventh left Camp 
Taylor for Camp Dennison ; on Sunday morning. December 6, 1863. 
the bodies of Colonels Creighton and Crane reached Cleveland from 
the battlefield of Ringgold, Georgia, while on Sunday morning, June 
26th, 1864. the Seventh reached Cleveland, to be mustered out of ser- 
vice.) 



GREETING THE SEVENTH. 

Oh! warriors true and tried. 
From weary w'and'rings wide, 

Welcome ye home ! 
With joy your friends to meet. 
Our hearts go forth to greet 
The coming of your feet, 

No more to roam. 

Come to the fireside dear, 
Come to the homes so drear 

While ye were gone: 
From far-off battle plain. 
From days of toil and pain. 
To the home-hearth again. 

Wanderer return. 

And they, the sainted brave. 
From many a distant grave. 

In spirit come! 
They join us in the cry — 
They swell the song on high. — 
Its echoes fill the sky, — 

Welcome ye home ! 

From the Sandusky Register. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 

"a ye;ar with thi: rebels." 

By G. W. ShurtlEFF, 
Late Brevet Brigadier-General United States Volunteers. 

At the outbreak of the Rebehion I was a tutor in Oberlin 
College and a student in its Theological Seminary. When 
Sumter was fired on and troops were called for, the young 
men were ready for the fight. Professor Monroe, who was 
in the State Senate, came to Oberlin and addressed a mass- 
meeting and called for volunteers. A company was at once 
filled and many offered themselves who could not be re- 
ceived. The Seventh Ohio Regiment, to which our com- 
pany was assigned, had two candidates for the colonelcy, 
E. B. Tyler and James A. Garfield. Garfield was a prominent 
member of the State Legislature, and already gave promise 
of the greatness which he afterward achieved. Tyler was 
a man of little prominence, but an active politician. He 
was also a brigadier-general of the Ohio State Militia, and 
appeared in camp in military uniform, and this won him the 
election. Three months after the organization of the regi- 
ment, it was surrounded in the mountains of West Vir- 
ginia and a large portion of it captured. The Oberlin 
company held an outpost long enough to allow the main 
body of the regiment to retreat, but too long for its own 
safety. Thirty-five of the company were captured and six 
wounded, two of them mortally. One, a talented member 
of the freshman class, died the next day in the hands of the 
enemy. It was my privilege to be at his side during his 
last hours and receive his dying message. 

After two days we started over the mountains for Rich- 
mond. The enlisted men were tied together with a rope 
like a gang of slaves. After marching from daylight until 
dark, dry flour was issued and two skillets in which to cook 
supper for more than a hundred men. A few of them built 



"a vkar with Till-; RK.r.ivi.s''' 317 

a fire, wet u|) the Hour with water, and without sah, and 
cooked it. The process was slow and the result so unsatis- 
factory- that most of the men went to sleep supperless. 
Lieutenant Wilcox and myself, the only commissioned 
officers among the prisoners, having given our parole of 
honor not to escape, were permitted to go ahead of the 
marching column. On the second day we learned where the 
night was to be passed and hastened on hoping to make 
some provision to prevent starvation. All w^e could do was 
to heat water in a large kettle ready to boil the flour wh.en it 
came. After four days we reached Jackson River, where 
we took the cars for Richmond. 

We had marched more than one hundred miles, and were 
so weary and starved that many were scarcely able to stand. 
Upon arriving at the depot in Richmond, Lieutenant Wil- 
cox and I started to walk into the city, and were arrested by 
a rebel sergeant and taken to the tobacco warehouse whicli 
was used as a military prison at that time. This sergeant 
proved to be Wirz, afterward so infamous for the cruelty he 
practiced upon prisoners at Andersonville. The commis- 
sioned officers were placed on the first floor and the enlisted 
men on the second and third. 

Our room was about forty by sixty feet, and one-half of 
this space was occupied by the machinery connected with the 
factory. There were more than eighty officers. Our food 
was wheat bread and boiled fresh beef for breakfast and 
dinner, and bread alone for supper. Those who had money 
bought other articles — tea at four dollars a pound, coffee at 
one dollar, butter, sixty cents. Confederate money and 
greenbacks were at this time on a par in the South. No 
beds or bedding of any sort were furnished. A few officers 
had purchased blankets and mattresses but most of us slept 
en the bare floor with a block of wood for a pillow. I sold 
my watch to a rebel officer and used the j^roceeds to purchase 
Thiers's "Consulate and Empire," two of Thackeray's 
novels, and copies of Livy and Virgil. 

Orders prohibiting a near approach to the windows were 
rigidly enforced. On the floor above us a New York ser- 



3l8 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

geant thoughtlessly stood nearer the window than was 
pleasing to the guard below and was shot through the head 
without warning. Roll was called at 9 in the morning by 
a young rebel, Lieutenant Withers. He was very small, 
wore a long sword that dragged on the floor, and was a 
dude generally. He came in one morning and gave the 
usual order to "fall in for roll-call." We arranged our- 
selves, ^according to custom, by standing with our backs to 
the wall in an irregular line reaching the whole length of 
the room. I happened to be sitting on the block which I 
used for a pillow, reading "Pendennis," and when the order 
to fall in came, I stood up, leaned my back against the wall 
and kept on reading. The Lieutenant was directly in front 
of me, and when I responded to my name without lifting 
my eyes from my book, he asked with an oath of execration 
why I did not get into line. The question seemed ludicrous j 
and I glanced up and down the room and asked what line 
he referred to. My fellow prisoners laughed and the Lieu- 
tenant was enraged, and left the room in great haste and 
returned with a corporal and two private soldiers with 
fixed bayonets, halted them before me, and with his own 
hands put handcuffs upon my wrists. His triumph, how- 
ever, was of short duration. The officers of the prison 
association wrote a note to the commanding officer asking 
him to come in and investigate. He did so, apologized to 
me and required Withers to remove the irons. 

All the officers were searched immediately after this, and 
we learned that Withers believed that there was a conspiracy 
among the prisoners to mutiny, kill the guards, and get 
away, and that we had in some way obtained pistols. 

Early in September an order came to transfer thirty offi- 
cers to Charleston, South Carolina, to be placed in Castle 
Pinckney, a dismantled fort in the harbor. Major Potter, 
one of our number, was well acquainted in Charleston, and 
represented the fort as a delightful place. We started on 
the journey with hopes of better quarters. Reaching 
Petersburg, we had to march through the city from one 
depot to another. A crowd of citizens followed us, using 



"a year with tuk rebels'' 319 

abusive epithets and appealing to the guards to slioot us. 
Women shook their fists at us from windows. Tiie trip 
lasted twenty-four hours and no food was furnished us. 
Reaching Charleston early in the morning, we were kept 
waiting for hours, that our march through the city might 
be witnessed by the people. When we finally moved we 
were escorted by a brass band, a troop of cavalry in gala 
attire, and thousands of citizens, men, women, and children. 
We were paraded through the streets of the city, and when 
we finally came to a halt, it was not at Castle Pinckney, but 
in front of the city jail. We filed into the jail, climbed the 
dark and dirty stairs, and passed along a dingy hall with 
grated cells on either side. Five of us were thrown into 
one of these cells. The first sight that caught our eye 
through the only window was a huge gallows, and I said to 
Major Potter, "There's our castle, and it is a veritable 
'castle in the air.' " 

The rebel officers in charge of us knew that we had been 
twenty-four hours without food and yet several hours more 
passed before anything was brought us. and when it came 
consisted of raw coffee in the kernel, sea biscuit, and salt 
pork full of maggots. Our cell had a small open grate and 
our cooking utensils consisted of a single skillet. We suc- 
ceeded in borrowing from the guard a kettle to cook our 
raw coffee in, and boiled it unground and unburned, fried 
our bacon over the coals, and had our dinner at 2 o'clock. 
And so we settled down to life in cells for four months. 
Some features of our life here are too shocking t(i relate. 

The ration issued to us was this same maggoty pork and 
sea biscuit. No coffee, ground or unground, after the first 
day. We resorted to various mcllKjds of serving up sea bis- 
cuit. One day we boiled it until soft and served it with 
fat as a dressing. This we called lobscouse. The next day 
we softened it in hot water and fried it in fat. This we 
called dunderfunk. Occasionally we took up a collection 
and sent out for sweet potatoes and white bread. The rebel 
officers told us we were only temporarily in jail, until Ca.stle 
Pinckney could be put in order. After about a month we 



320 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

were sent to Castle Pinckney. At first this seemed a great 
improvement. 

We had a large court-yard for outdoor exercise. We 
soon found, however, that our rooms were so damp as to 
make them exceedingly unwholesome. The fort was built 
on the shore of an island in the midst of the bay which con- 
stitutes Charleston Harbor. When the tide was out the 
island was bare, but when the tide was in it was covered with 
five or six feet of water. The outside walls of the fort were 
solid masonry and we occupied the casemates, which are 
nothing more than great recesses in the walls, arched at the 
top and opening into the central court. Bunks had been 
built up on the walls and blankets were furnished us. But 
this solid masonry was full of water that had been gathering 
for generations, and we soon began to have coughs and 
rheumatism and fevers — and after a few days were glad to 
be moved back to the stifling cells of the jail. In the early 
part of the winter there came an exciting episode to break 
the monotony of our prison life. This was the great 
Charleston fire, which swept away one-half of the entire city. 
It commenced in the night at a point quite distant from us, 
burned all the next day, and kept coming steadily toward 
us. It seemed as if the whole city was doomed. Wei 
learned from one of the guards who was friendly to us that 
it was the purpose of the officers in charge to leave us^ 
locked in our cells if the jail burned. 

We managed to smuggle an ax into our cell, througli the 
aid of a guard, determined to make at least a vigorous effort I 
before surrendering ourselves to the flames. During that 
terrible night all the buildings in the neighborhood of the 
jail burned. Our cell was brilliantly lighted, so that one 
could read without difiiculty, and for some hours the grat- 
ings of the windows were so hot as to burn the hands that' 
touched them. Great fire-brands were driven against the 
windows, but the jail escaped. 

Soon after this fire we were removed from Charleston 
to Columbia, and placed in the city jail, the officers in a 
large room and the enlisted men in barracks adjacent. Our 



"a vi:ar with T1II-; rkbkus" 321 

quarters were heller Ihan \vc had had hefurc. Each ofticer 
had a hed. consisting of a plain pine bedstead with straw 
mattress, and our Government sent us warm clothing and 
arni)- blankets. 

Among the enlisted men were several members of a New 
\()rk company which was made up of skilled engravers. 
Every night they manufactured Confederate money suffi- 
cient to furnish all our tables comfortably the next day. 
I have sometimes feared when I have related this circum- 
stance that I should be regarded as drawing on my imagina- 
tion, but it is, nevertheless, true. 

One of the methods for passing time was to make trinkets 
from bones. The rebels were surprised at our skill, and 
eagerly purchased every article made. These engravers 
managed to buy necessary tools on the pretext of needing 
them for working in bone. Some that they could not get 
they made themselves. The officer in command of this 
prison. Captain Shriver, was a Christian gentleman, and 
treated us as honorable prisoners of war (which cannot be 
said of the officers of any other prison in which I was con- 
fined ) . 

The rector of the Episcopal Church came in one Sabbath, 
and invited all who would like to attend divine service to 
go into an adjoining room. Some forty or fifty officers and 
soldiers went. Everything moved pleasantly until he 
reached the prayer for the President, which he had changed 
to a prayer for the "President of the Confederate States." 
The moment those words were uttered, we all jumped to 
our feet and shouted in confusion: "We are not Confeder- 
ates!" "We are not traitors!" "We are not |)raying for 
Jeff Davis!" The poor rector seemed frightened, and 
slipped out at the side door and gave us up as a hopeless lot. 

licfore winter was fairly over an order came to parole all 
the prisoners at Columbia and send them to Richmond to be 
exchanged. We were wild with excitement and delight, too 
happy to sleep. Most of the night before starting was 
spent in an extemporized banquet, with toasts and speeches. 



322 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

Reaching Richmond, we were told there was an interrup- 
tion in the negotiations for exchange. We took quarters 
in Libby Prison and had full opportunity to experience that 
deferring of hope that maketh the heart sick. We stayed 
about three months in this famous prison, in many respects 
the most trying period of my prison life. Libby Prison had 
been occupied by a wholesale ship chandler and grocer. It 
was three stories high with three rooms on each floor, ex- 
tending from one street to another. The officers occupied 
the middle room on the first floor. The whole room was 
about forty by one hundred feet, of which nearly one-third 
was partitioned off from the front as quarters for the guard. 
The only light and air came from the windows at one end. 
In this space, perhaps forty by seventy feet, there were at 
this time about one hundred and fifty officers. The air was 
extremely foul, and the room filthy and infested with ver- 
min. 

Our windows looked out upon James River and sloping 
fields beyond, and as spring advanced the water and the 
green fields were made beautiful by the bright southern sun, 
and presented a marked contrast with the filth, the squalor, 
and the stifling air of our prison. 

Occasionally we could hear the distant boom of our can- 
non. We learned from the Richmond papers and from the 
arrival of new prisoners that McClellan's army was ap- 
proaching Richmond. 

Rebel troops were daily passing our window on their way 
to the front. To get out of prison and get to work became 
an absorbing passion. Lieutenant Wilcox of my own regi- 
ment. Lieutenant Kent of the Regular Army, and myself 
n.iade an elaborate plan for escape. We managed to ex- 
change our army clothing for citizen's dress, procured a 
pocket compass, and made from the mainspring of an old- 
fashioned watch a steel saw with which to cut the bars of 
a window. The plan involved cutting a hole through the 
floor, then through the brick partition beneath so as to pass 
from our room to the basement of the adjoining room. 
That room was occupied by lo}'al Southern men, and had a 



"a year with Till- REBELS 3-'3 

window that opened to a side street which was not guardcil. 
The floor had to be cut with an ordinary pocket knife. It 
was hard oak plank two inches thick and thoroughly sea- 
soned. Wq worked on that hole in the floor two hundred 
and twenty hours. It was cut under the head of my iron 
bedstead, and the work had to be done lying flat on the floor 
face down. After we had taken out some pieces of the 
plank, I was lying there one day at Avork wdien a rebel offi- 
cer came into this unused basement directly under me. I 
could have reached down and taken his hat from his head. 
I held my breath during the few minutes he stood there, but 
fortunately he did not look up, and went out without seeing 
me. 

The opening through the brick wall was made much more 
speedily. I think we did the %vhole work on the wall in 
three days. Now we were ready to move. But the night 
before we were to start some loyal Southern men on the 
upper floor cut a hole through the roof and let themselves 
down by a rope to the street into which we were to escape. 
A guard was immediately placed in this street ; and thus all 
our plans came to naught. 

Whenever any one was sent North we sent a large secret 
mail with him. On the 21st of May a large number of 
])rivate soldiers were sent from Salisbury. One of them 
brought North a half dozen letters for me. Most of them 
were put between the lining and the outside of the boot-leg. 
One letter I sent by writing on tissue paper, taking the 
cap from a brass button of the New York State Militia, 
wadding my letter into it, adjusting the cap again upon its 
base, and sewing the button on the coat. When the militia- 
man reached New York he cut the button off^ and sent it 
to its destination. There was nothing important in these 
letters, but there was diversion in the eff"ort to get them 
through. We were permitted to send short letters of six 
lines, through the mail, but they were all read by a rebel 
ofiicer. 

One of the hardest things we had to endure in Richmond 
prison was the great number of visitors who came to see the 



324 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

"Yankees," and their unvarying assumption of superiority. 
After the disaster at Ball's Bluff, Howell Cobb came in, and 
with the greatest gusto told how many "Yankees" had been 
killed and captured, and with cool nonchalance assured us 
that one Southerner could whip ten "Yankees." The ab- 
surdity was only equaled by the meanness of the spirit which 
could prompt such insults to prisoners of war, 

A Presbyterian minister of Richmond, with the most inso- 
lent and overbearing tone, descanted upon the chivalry of the 
South and the fanaticism of the North. There were some 
Southerners who treated us with kindness and courtesy. I 
/? have already spoken of Captain Shriver of Columbia. 
Ij Archbishop HiigHes, of the Catholic Church, called several 

y' " ^^ times at our quarters while we were in Charleston, and 

^^ r, ''%y though he indorsed the doctrine of secession, he always 
^* ij^^ manifested a genuine Christian spirit and kindly disposition. 

^^'' Early in May we were sent to Salisbury, North Carolina, 

* where there were already several thousand prisoners, and 

among them were the members of my company who had 
been sent from New Orleans before that city was captured 
by. General Butler. The prison at Salisbury consisted of a 
brick factory, perhaps forty by one hundred feet, four 
stories high, together with several small frame houses that 
had been used as residences by those who ran the factory. 
A stockade ten feet high had been built, enclosing these 
buildings and four acres of ground. The dead line was ten 
feet inside this stockade, and a line of sentinels with loaded 
muskets and fixed bayonets traversed this line day and 
night. The officers occupied the frame houses and had free 
use of the yard. This was a great improvement upon pre- 
vious quarters. After the close confinement in filthy and 
stifling pens for nine months, the privilege of moving about 
in the free air and sunshine was an unspeakable blessing, and 
it apparently came just in time to save the lives of some of 
our members. We organized various kinds of outdoor 
sports. Baseball had come into vogue in Oberlin two years 
prior to the war, and I had played it. Many of the soldiers 
from New York were expert players. We formed an asso- 
ciation and played every day. 



"a yivAr with the rebels" 325 

About the first of June a staff officer of Jeff Davis came 
to our quarters with an order to select two captains, place 
them in ciMifmemcnt, feedini^ them on bread and water only, 
and treating them in every way like criminals condemned to 
death, thus to be held as hostages and to be immediately 
hanged in case our Government should hang a rebel captain 
who had been condemned as a spy. There were ten of us 
with the rank of captain. The method of selection was left 
to us. We numbered ten slips of paper with the numbers 
from one to ten. dropped them into a hat, shook them thor- 
oughly, placed the hat in the hands of Chaplain Eddy (one 
of the prisoners), and agreed tliat we would one by one 
draw out the numbers, and that the two who should draw 
numbers nine and ten should be elected. The whole process 
did not occupy more than twenty minutes, and two of our 
number were placed in a dungeon, with every prospect of 
speedy execution. Our Government decided not to hang 
the rebel captain, and after two weeks our friends were re- 
turned to us. a little paler from the confinement and the star- 
vation, but no less loyal or determined. 

There were about one hundred Southern loyalists in close 
confinement in a small stockade within our prison-vard. 
They were held simply because they were loyal. They 
planned an escape, digging a tunnel under the interior 
stockade and Ijeyond die guard line which surrounded it. 
They had provided themselves with rope ladders with which 
to climb the outside stockade. To reach this they had to 
cross an open field of about two hundred yards. We all 
knew they were to make the effort at midnight and we were 
on the watch to see how it would come out. We had not 
much confidence in the success of the effort, as we were more 
than two hundred miles from the Union lines. At the hour 
agreed ui>on there was a terrific thunder storm in progress. 
The night was utterly dark, except as it was lighted up by 
flashes of lightning. 

There was a reljel regiment encamped within the yard, 
but without experience or discipline. Promptly at 12 o'clock 
these loyal men rose up out of the ground, at the end of 



326 SKVENTII RKGIMI;nT OHIO voi^unteidr INS'ANTRY 

their tunnel, in the darkness, and started across the field. 
The sentinels nearest yelled "Halt !" the long roll was beaten 
at regimental quarters, and the soldiers of the regiment be- 
came an uncontrollable rabble. They evidently supposed 
there was a general insurrection of prisoners. Our Union 
friends ran across the yard, the guards continuing to shout 
"Halt, halt!" and pursuing them, but apparently forgetting 
to fire at them. It was a novel scene as the flashes of light- 
ning revealed it to us at frequent intervals. Every man 
succeeded in getting out of the enclosure and escaping into 
the woods. The rebel regiment succeeded in getting a line 
formed about three-quarters of an hour after the prisoners 
had escaped. Within a few days the escaped prisoners were 
all brought back, some of them mangled by hounds. 

As the Fourth of July approached we determined to have 
an old-fashioned celebration. The commanding officer con- 
sented on condition that we would not abuse the Confed- 
erate Government or say anything about the war. In the 
afternoon we read the Declaration of Independence, sang 
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee," and had some spirited, pa- 
triotic addresses. The afternoon was given up to games, 
among which were the greased pig, the sack race, wheel- 
barrow race, and some burlesque games, ending with a 
grand match of baseball. We had a crowd of spectators 
from the town. The players on both sides had been prac- 
ticing for a month. After playing two hours the score 
stood five to six in favor of my club. We had had our last 
chance at the bat and two were out on the other side, while 
two men were on bases. My position was right field ; the 
ball was batted directly over my head and across the dead- 
line. The game depended upon catching the ball on the fly 
or getting it in time to prevent a tally. Of course I ran 
across the dead-line, caught the ball, and saved the game. 
The guard cried "Halt !" but did not shoot, and after what 
I had seen a few nights before, upon the occasion of the 
escape of our Union friends. I did not believe he would 
shoot. 

The better treatment in Salisbury, of which I have 



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"a year with the RKbKLS" 327 

spoken, did not include the private soldiers. They were 
kept in close confnicmcnt in the great factory, when they 
might just as well have had the use of the yard. Sickness 
was very prevalent among them and there was no proper 
provision for their care. The percentage of mortality 
among these private soldiers was enormous. The dead- 
house was near my quarters. Several dead bodies were 
brought there every morning. Sometimes as many as a 
dozen, .\bout ro o'clock a cart drawn by a mule was 
backed up to the door and the dead were tumbled into it 
with no show of feeling, hauled off to the woods, and 
thrown indiscriminately into a ditch and covered up. Dur- 
ing the war the bodies of 12.000 soldiers were thus carted 
from this dead-h.ouse, and less than one hundred of them 
have any sign to mark the spot where they lie. 

Early in August the order came to send all Union pris- 
oners in Salisbury to Richmond for exchange. Most of the 
private soldiers had already been sent North. There were 
several in the hospital who had been unable to move, but 
they were all sufiiciently recovered now to go with the rest, 
except one. 

I had been visiting the hospital daily for more than a 
month, leading in religious exercises, and giving such at- 
tention to the sick as I could. Our chaplain, Hiram Eddy, 
and all the physicians among the prisoners had been ex- 
changed. As soon as this order came I went to the hospital 
to aid the sick ones in getting ready to leave. One boy, 
barely seventeen years of age, had typhoid fever and was not 
fit to make the trip, but he insisted that he must go. His 
entreaties were so earnest and so touching that Capt. 
Thomas Cox, of Cincinnati, and myself, made the effort to 
take him along. We carried him on a rude .stretcher to the 
depot. There the officer in charge refused to take him 
aboard unless he could stand, as every foot of room was 
occupied. A crowd gathered al30ut us and our poor sick 
boy fainted. The disappointment of finding that he could 
not go had comjilctely overcome him. 

A lady came fcMward, and with the quiet dignity of one 



328 se;ve;ntii re;giment ohio voi.unte;kr inf^antry 

who has authority made her way through the throng and 
asked the crowd to stand back and give him air ; sent a boy 
for cold water, and tenderly lifted his head and bathed his 
brow and nursed him back to consciousness. The train was 
about to start. I said to Captain Cox : "What shall we do? 
He must not be left here alone," and the Captain answered : 
"We must stay" — and so the train pulled out; the train that 
was headed toward the North ! toward the Stars and 
Stripes ; toward home and friends and the stirring activity 
that was so attractive to us ; and we were left alone with 
this poor dying comrade in the very center of rebellion and 
treason. 

On this good woman's invitation we took the lad to her 
home, bathed his fevered body, exchanged his hard and 
ragged clothing for clean, soft linen, furnished by Mrs. 
Johnson, and laid him in a comfortable bed. (Mrs. Johnson 
was warned by the rebel Major in command that manifesta- 
tion of such interest in a "Yankee" would bring her into 
suspicion of being a Union woman, but this did not turn her 
from the path of duty.) Tenderly she cared for that 
stranger boy, and when he died the next day she wept 
over him as if he had been her own child. Captain Cox and 
I were not allowed to remain in her home during the night, 
but had to go back to our prison. The next day we obtained 
permission to go to the house and found that he was dead. 
Mrs. Johnson went to the city authorities and asked per- 
mission to bury him in her own lot in the public cemetery, 
but this was indignantly refused, with another coarse warn- 
ing against the interest she was manifesting in a "Yankee." 
She said to us : "He shall not be buried in the brutal way of 
other prisoners." We placed him in a plain pine box, Cap- 
tain Cox and I dug the grave, and reverently laid him be- 
neath the sod in the garden of this Christian woman. 

When our cavalry captured Salisbury near the end of the 
war, Mrs. Johnson was still there, an object of hatred and 
persecution. Our soldiers learned the story of her loyalty 
and love, furnished her money with which to go North and 
erected a monument over that grave and inscribed upon it 



"a VKAR WITTI THK RKRKI.S" 329 

not only tlie name of the soldier, but the heroic deed of this 
good Samaritan woman who soothed and comforted his last 
hours and gave him Christian burial. Captain Cox and I 
were allowed to start at once for Richmond, having given 
our parole that we would not attempt to escape. We found 
that our friends had not yet gone North, having again been 
delayed by negotiations in the business of exchanging. And 
so our staving with the dying soldier did not in the end de- 
lay us in the matter of our exchange. 

While we were in Libby Prison a Federal officer was 
brought in who had secreted on his person a small battle- 
flag. We hid it and made daily pilgrimages to it and se- 
cretly feasted our eyes and comforted our hearts by looking 
on its Stars and Stripes undimmed and untarnished. For 
eight months we had not seen the national colors, had heard 
only of defeat of our arms, and had been in the power of 
those who expressed contempt for our Government and our 
flag. Despondency and gloom had been slowly taking pos- 
session of us. These officers, fresh from the battlefield, 
brought us tidings of the rallying thousands of the North 
and the deep determination to defend the flag; and there in 
the midst of the gloom and filth of Libby Prison we laid 
our right hands upon the emblem of national authority, and 
each for himself swore a solemn oath that he would use all 
his powers and shed his last drop of blood in defen.se of the 
national surpremacy. 

It was just at sunset of a bright Sabbath day in August 
that we stepped from rebel soil upon the flag of truce boat 
on the James River and saw the Stars and Stripes waving 
over our heads. We gathered beneath that ilag, reverently 
uncovered our heads, and sang "Praise G(jd fnjm whom all 
blessings flow." 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

PRISON LIFE. 

B3' E. W. MOREV of Company C. 

On the 26th day of August, 1861, at Cross Lanes, near 
Carnifax Ferry, West Virginia, the Seventh Regiment O. 
V. I. met the enemy for the first time. As a result of the 
engagement which followed, two commissioned officers — ■ 
Captain Shurtleff and Lieutenant Wilcox — and 115 enlisted 
men were taken prisoners, besides 13 wounded men who 
were left in the hospital at Carnifax Ferry, but were after- 
ward recaptured by Rosecrans when he drove Floyd back 
across the Gauley River. 

This was one of the exigencies of war which few, if any 
of us, had counted on. Most of us had realized that we were 
liable to be sick, wounded, or killed, but had not dreamed 
of the possibility of being captured ; but here we were at the 
very beginning of our term of service in the hands of the 
rebels, deprived of arms, accouterments, and liberty itself. 
We were gathered together near Floyd's camp at Carnifax 
Ferry, hustled into a rail pen, surrounded by a guard and 
most of th.e time by a motley crowd of civilians and soldiers, 
eager to see and talk with the "blamed Yankees!" The 
guards treated us like men, and soldiers, but some of those 
in camp took every opportunity to show their contempt of 
us, by taunting, insulting, and cursing us indiscriminately. 

"What you'uns all come down here to fight we'uns for?" 
was a question so often repeated all along our route that it 
became a by-word with us. The oft-repeated statement that 
"one Southerner could whip a dozen Yanks" showei.1 the 
estimate they p'laced upon our fighting ability. 

We were furnished with some beef, flour, a little coffee, 
and two little skillets to cook our rations in. At night we 
lay on the ground in a circle round the fire, and slept as best 
we could, without covering of any kind. 



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Wednesday afternoon, August 28. we were arranged in 
four ranks, counted and recounted, to make sure we were all 
there, our elbows tied with ropes behind our backs, and took 
up our march — "on to Richmond." 

After crossing the Gauley River, a few of us were allowed 
to go into tlie hospital for a few minutes to see our wounded 
comrades. It seemed hard to leave them there in the hands 
of the enemy, with no friends to smooth their pillows or 
alleviate their sufferings, but such is war. A feeling of sad- 
ness seemed to brood over us all, as we bade them adieu and 
started on our long weary tramp to prison. 

Our escort consisted of a company of infantry deployed 
as skirmishers on each flank, and a company of cavalry in 
front and another in our rear. We halted for the first nig-ht 
about three miles from the river, and were again put into a 
rail pen with a little straw on the ground; but as it rained 
incessantly nearly all night, we stood around the fire most 
of the time, trying to dry one side while the other was get- 
ting wet. 

About midnight supper was announced, which consisted 
of a small portion of fiour and water, baked without any 
salt or soda, and a piece of mutton about the size of an egg. 
Here we were searched, and i)ocket-knives and all other 
dangerous weapons were taken away from us, and appro- 
priated by the Confederates as "contraband of war." 

The next day we had a hard march of twenty-seven miles. 
It rained most of the time, and the mud was nearly knee- 
deep, so that our army shoes were full of mud aiul water, 
and our clothing soaked, so that we were verily "in heavy 
marching order." Halted about sunset and took up our 
quarters for the night in an old barn, with a haymow for a 
bed. but were so wet and cold that we could sleep but little. 
August 30, marched twenty-one miles — halted about si.x 
o'clock. Had plenty to eat for the first time since we were 
captured. Captain ShurtlcIT and Lieutenant Wilcox had 
taken a parole not to attempt to escape, and were allowed 
to go on ahead of us, and finding out where we were to stoj) 
for the night, secured a larirc kettle and had water hot 



332 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

ready to cook our rations, so that we had our supper earher. 
After this men were detailed to cook all night, so that we 
could have our breakfast and get started early in the morn- 
ing. 

August 31, passed over a spur of the Allegheny Moun- 
tains and through Lewisburg — were in the midst of grand 
and beautiful scenery all day, which revived our spirits and 
relieved the tedium of the march. Made twenty-three miles 
and camped on the bank of Greenbrier River. Here we had 
an opportunity to bathe and cleanse ourselves, and many of 
us improved it. 

Sunday, September i, passed through White Sulphur 
Springs, the noted Southern pleasure resort — a place we 
probably would never have seen but for the courtesy of our 
Confederate friends and the "fortunes of war." A great 
crowd came out to greet us and bid us godspeed on our way 
to Richmond. Among the rest was a Georgia regiment, 
many of whom were the most insolent of any soldiers we 
had yet met. Marched about twenty miles, and found com- 
fortable quarters for the night in a log house. 

Monday, September 2, passed through Covington and ar- 
rived at Jacksonville, the terminus of the Virginia Central 
R. R., at I p. M. There was great rejoicing when we came 
in sight of the "iron horse." Many of the boys were nearly 
played out after marching over a hundred miles within the 
last four and one-half days ; with our arms pinioned behind 
us, with very little sleep, with less than half rations of food, 
much of which was absolutely indigestible, many of us suf- 
fering with diarrhoea brought on by such diet and expo- 
sure — it was no wonder that we hailed anything for a 
change. 

But every cloud has its silver lining. There were some 
incidents in this weary march that reminded us that some of 
our enemies had a soft spot in their hearts that could be 
touched by our unfortunate condition. 

During the second day's march Comrade Seymour 
Gill, a fifer (who, by the way, had exchanged his fife 
for a musket at Cross L,anes so as to take part in the fight 



PRISON UI'K 333 

instead of seeking' safct)- in the roar with Colniid 'I'ylcr), 
niarchod l)csi(le a guard all day and became (luite well ac- 
quainted with him. On i)assing an orchard the guard left 
his post and foraged some apples for Gill. That night he 
calleil Gill out about 9 o'clock to eat roast pig and pot-pie 
with him. and the next morning invited him to breakfast. 
It can l^e readily imagined that such kindness, under such 
circumstances, was highly appreciatc<l. 

•At Staunton we stayed over night in a new freight de[)ol. 
Here we were happily surprised about 9 o'clock by a warm 
supper of fried bacon, shortcake and coffee brought m to us 
by a delegation from a Virginia regiment which was sta- 
tioned there, and who seemed to have a friendly feeling 
for us. 

While waiting on the platform here a crowd gathered 
around as usual, and a little old man piped out, "I guess 
you'uns would like to see your mammas about this time." 
"Oh. we were weaned some time ago." quickly responded 
one of our men. Then a big, lordly appearing Georgia ma- 
jor, who had been watching us, came forward witli his 
thumbs in his waistcoat and said : "You are a prisoner and 
a Yankee. You want to understand that. We've had 
enough of your damnefl insolence. Shut up and behave 
yourself as a prisoner should, or I'll rope you. I have the 
authority and I'll do it." Some one asked how a prisoner 
ought to behave. "If I teach you it will not be at all to your 
liking," he rcjilied, and then went ofT to pick a quarrel with 
Captain Shurtleff. 

From Jacksonville we went by rail, via Staunton, Char- 
lottesville and Gordonsvillc, passing over the IJluc Ridge 
Mountains, to Richmond, where we arrived about 5 v. m.. 
September j. 

.\fter dark we were conducted to a tobacco factory near 
the James River, which was to be our abiding place for the 
time being — how long, no one knew. We were shown to 
our quarters on the lower floor of the building, the other 
three being already occupied by Yankee prisoners captured 
at Manassas. Nearly opposite was Libby Prison, which 
was also full of prisoners. 



334 SEVEINTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTDER INEANTRY 

Our room was about forty by sixty feet, and was occu- 
pied by about one hundred men. Its furniture consisted of 
tobacco presses and machinery, a hydrant and tank. We 
slept on the bare floor, with a block of wood or a brick for 
a pillow — no blankets. The room was filled with tobacco 
smoke most of the day, and by bedtime the floor was well 
saturated with saliva. Only two were allowed to go to the 
rear at a time, and we were obliged to form in line and wait 
our turn, sometimes an hour or two. The cooking was done 
by prisoners who volunteered to do it, and it was well done. 

Our breakfast consisted of about six ounces of bread, a 
small piece of meat, with water for drink. Our supper of 
bread and a half-pint of soup. The dishes consisted of a 
dozen tin plates and two dozen cups for a hundred men. 
We could manage the bread and meat very well, but when 
it came to soup it was rather difiicult for each one to get his 
proper ration. Some of the men suffered terribly from hun- 
ger. Lice soon made their appearance and stuck by us as 
long as we were prisoners, in spite of every effort to get rid 
of them. We were not allowed to write, or receive letters 
or papers, but managed to smuggle in a daily paper occa- 
sionally, and to send letters home by some men who were 
sent North. 

Books were very scarce, but Captain Shurtleff came in 
one day, before he was sent to Charleston, S. C, and gave 
some of the Company C boys some money with which they 
bought a French and German text-book, and a copy of 
Shakespeare, which helped to pass away the time. 

Sergeant Wirz, who had charge of the prisoners in our 
building, was a heartless tyrant, who seemed to think that 
the "damned Yankees" were beasts to be driven, and treated 
us accordingly. He put one man in irons because he re- 
fused to go out and make barrels for the Confederacy. 
Several were shot by his order for looking out of the 
windows. 

Saturday, September 21, the Sergeant called out eighty 
of the Seventh Regiment and told them to be ready to leave 
for New Orleans at noon. A detachment of about 250 took 



PRISON ui''!-; 335 

tlie train of open cars, about 4 o'clock, and reached Petcrs- 
burg soon after dark, where we were transferred to an- 
other train. 

Oiu' route to New Orleans was via W'eldon, Goklsbor- 
ough. and Atlanta to Montgomery, by rail ; from Mont- 
gomery to Mobile by steamboat ; from Mobile by rail via 
Jackson to New Orleans, where we arrived about 10 a. m., 
September 30. 

Most of the time we rode in open cars, sometimes in 
box-cars, with no windows except such as the boys made 
with their jack-knives. Our rations during this trip con- 
sisted in general of hardtack and maggoty bacon, and was 
veiy meager in quantity. At everj' important station we 
were met by a crowd of men. women, and children, eager 
to see the Yankee prisoners. At one place a man in the 
crowd was heard to say that he had come a hundred miles 
to see a live Yankee. 

At Montgomery, Alabama, a man wlio had formerly lived 
in Cleveland, Ohio, brought in a basketful of pipes, tobacco, 
wine, etc., wliich he distributed among the prisoners. He 
also gave some of the boys money with which to buy neces- 
saries for the sick and needy. The engineer of the steamer, 
R. B. Taney, on which we went down the Alabama River, 
was also from Cleveland, and treated the boys to a warm 
supper. The cai)tain was a Maine man. 

Some of the prisoners concocted a scheme to throw the 
guards overboard, run past Mobile in the night, and out to 
our fleet. But the next day a company of cavalry came on 
board and nothing more was heard of it. 

On our arrival at New Orleans we were placeil in charge 
of General Palfrey, who was in command of the Confeder- 
ate forces there. Ijeing the first Yankee prisoners seen in 
the city, our arrival caused quite a sensation. All the avail- 
able space about the depot was packed with people; the 
streets were so full that it was difficult to make way for us 
to pass. All the military and police force of the city turned 
out to escort us through the principal streets and around 
Jackson Square to Parish Prison, which was to be our abid- 



336 SEVUNTH regiment OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

ing place while there. We were a hard-looking set of men 
when we reached New Orleans. Our clothing was badly 
worn, some being almost destitute, and many barefooted. 

Parish Prison is a massive stone structure, three stories 
high, built by the French before Louisiana was ceded to the 
United States, and used as a penitentiary in which crimi- 
nals of all classes were confined. A part of this building 
had been vacated for our accommodation. Our quarters 
were in cells arranged in rows along one side of the jail- 
yard or court, which was an open space about forty by eighty 
feet, with a stone pavement or floor. The v/alls of the build- 
ing formed three sides of this yard — the fourth was a stone 
wall about twenty feet high. The large cells were twelve 
by twenty feet, and these were made to accommodate 
twenty-five men. The smaller ones, nine by twelve feet, 
were occupied by sixteen men each. There was just room 
for us to lie down on the floor on our sides, "spoon-fashion." 
and when we wanted to change our position some one would 
give the order "Flop," and we would all turn at once. 

The furniture consisted of a stick to hang our meat on to 
boil, a bucket to get our soup in, a brick and broom with 
which to clean the floors, and a water-closet in the shape of 
a tub, set in the middle of the floor, for use during the night. 
When the door was closed all the light and air we had found 
its way in through a grating about twelve by eighteen 
inches in diameter and a little ventilator over the door. 

At 5 o'clock p. M. we were shut in our cells, and the doors 
were bolted until 9 o'clock, when the guard came on, and 
the doors were opened until 4 o'clock the next morning. No 
one dared step over the threshold for fear of being shot. 
The guard left at 4 and the doors were shut until 7 or 8, 
after which we had the liberty of the yard until 5 p. m. 

In this yard was a hydrant and tank which afforded 
plenty of water for drinking, washing, and bathing. A 
strong beam overhead, with a rope attached, indicated where 
the scaffold was built when an execution took place. Our 
daily rations consisted of a small loaf of baker's bread, a cup 
of herb tea, a piece of tough beef, and a cup of soup, made 



PRISON UFE 337 

fmni the water in which tlic beef was boiled, with a Hltlc 
rice added. Once a week we got a teaspoon ful of salt, 
abont the same of vinegar, and a little piece of soap. 

•A Spaniard, Dominiqne O'Mea. who was serving a life 
sentence for killing a Catholic priest (who had insulted 
O'Mea's wife), acted as cook, turnkey, and overseer; and 
although a criminal in the eyes of the law, the boys had 
much more respect for him than they did for Sergeant 
W'irz. of the C. S. A., who had charge of us in Richmond. 

'Phe beef bones, which formed the major part of the meat 
ration, proved to be quite a source of revenue to some of 
the prisoners. The "bone jewelry" made by the Yankees 
was a great curiosity, and found a ready sale among the 
citizens and soldiers. Several hundred dollars' worth of 
these articles were exchanged for Confederate scrip. Ladies 
from the city would send in orders by the guards, or leave 
them with Dominique, for rings, charms, etc., with their 
initials cut in them. Besides jewelry, some made pen- 
holders, stilettoes, crochet hooks, napkin rings, etc. This 
helped to pass away the time, and enabled them to get a 
good many extras. 

Every morning after breakfast we took turns in scrub- 
bing the lloors with sand and a brick, then sweeping them, 
so that they were kept quite clean. 

Another duty which we were obliged to perform daily 
was to examine our clothes (what we had left) and kill off 
the "gray-backs ;" and woe betide the one who neglected 
this important duty, for he would have no peace day nor 
night. 

Among the prisoners were a number of theological 
students from Oberlin College, and they organized a prayer- 
meeting and Bible class which met two or three times a 
week. In some cells they had religious exercises twice a 
day for a while. Mr. Moore, a Presbyterian minister, came 
in and |)reachcd to us nearly every Sabbath, and seemed to 
be greatly interested in us. 

Colonel Donovan of the Confederate Army gave us a 



338 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

good many religious books, Bibles and tracts. An Episco- 
pal minister came in and preached to us one day, but he felt 
in duty bound to stick to his altered ritual, and when he 
began to pray for the blessing of God upon Jeff Davis and 
the Confederacy, most of his audience left him and he re- 
turned no more. An old gray-haired sugar-planter came in 
one day, who said that he had been a prisoner himself, and 
offered to furnish us all the molasses, tobacco, and rice we 
wanted. He sent in fourteen barrels of molasses, a cask of 
tobacco, and some rice ; but he was published in the papers 
as a "sympathizer," and was not allowed to do anything 
more for us. 

Molasses was a great luxury and Comrade Rogers of 
Company C, and N. K. Hubbard of Company D, used to 
send out and buy a barrel at a time, and sell it out by the 
pint or quart to the boys who were fortunate enough to 
have the price. 

One of the men had a sister in the city, whose husband 
was a prominent business man. At first she was allowed to 
come in, with an officer, to see her brother, but she was soon 
deprived of that privilege. 

We were not allowed to have any papers at all, but we 
managed to smuggle one in quite often. Sometimes we 
would get the criminals, who were confined in the cells ad- 
joining ours, on the opposite side of the building, to poke 
one in through the ventilator. Sometimes the cooks would 
bring them in; sometimes the boys in the hospital would 
get one from the surgeon, so that we knew something of 
what was going on outside. We watched with intense in- 
terest any intimation of our release, and every new report 
would be construed in the most fa\orable light. There was 
great excitement among the prisoners (as well as outside) 
when our fleet entered the Mississippi River and had some 
skirmishing with the enemy below Fort Jackson. We were 
obliged to keep the papers concealed, for if one was found 
the unfortunate possessor was promptly conducted to the 
dungeon. The boys in one cell actually ate one to prevent 
its being found by the officers. 



PRISON ui'K 339 

A Ivccuni was organized, which met once a week. The 
exercises consisted of declamations, discussions, and the 
reading of a paper called the "New Orleans Stars and 
Stripes," the editor being chosen from among the members 
once a month. All were invited to contribute to its columns. 
These meetings were sustained with a good deal of interest, 
and did much to relieve the monotony of prison life. After 
our release. O^mrade Bates of Boston. Massachusetts, had 
the papers published under the title "The Stars and Stripes 
in Rebcldom." and many of the members obtained copies 
of it. which they highly prize. 

A great deal of time was spent in playing cards, chess, 
checkers, backgammon, etc. Some tried to study French. 
German, etc., but it was up-hill business in such a crowed, 
there being about five hundred who had the privilege of the 
yard in the daytime. 

Christmas and New Year's were celebrated with patriotic 
songs and processions. Those who could afford it procured 
an extra loaf of bread and a pint of molasses, and had a 
Christmas dinner. 

About the middle of January, 1862, we received a bounti- 
ful supply of clothing which the U. S. Government 
had sent, and was distributed under the supervision of Gen- 
eral Palfrey. Every one got a full suit of army blue, and 
underclothing, so that we were in a better condition to stay. 
or go North. 

Some of the Confederate ofiliccrs tried to get hold of as 
much as possible of this clothing for the use of their own 
men. They authorized the guards and criminals to buy of 
the prisoners all they could. When this scheme was found 
out a meeting w-as called, and a committee was appointed, 
of which Sergeant Bohm of the Seventh was a member, to 
report to our Government any one who should sell clothing 
to the enemy. 

With the new clothing the men began to be inspired with 
the military spirit once more, and organized the "First 
Regiment, Louisiana Volunteers." The company organiza- 
tions were completed, with the full quota of officers; and 



340 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

such drill as the limited space would admit of was prac- 
ticed daily. This was called the advance guard of the 
Union Army in New Orleans. 

The sanitary arrangements of the prison were very un- 
satisfactory. Close confinement in the dark and crowded 
cells for sixteen hours out of the twenty-four, with scant 
ventilation, added to a constant diet of bread and beef, with 
very little chance for exercise, soon told on the physical 
condition of the men. Scurvy soon made its appearance, 
and by the advice of the surgeon in charge, we were given 
a small portion of raw potatoes and cabbage with a little 
salt and vinegar occasionally, and some sour oranges were 
distributed as a preventative ; so that we did not suffer very 
much from this pest while in New Orleans. 

In the prison hospital there was lack of room, lack of 
nurses, and lack of medicine. Six men of the Seventh 
Regiment died while there. Briggs and Parmenter of 
Company C, James M. Butler of Company E, Alexander 
Dodge of Company D, Adolphus Kohlman, Company K, 
and another man, name not known. 

Some of the prisoners, who did not understand the posi- 
tion of the Government in regard to exchanging prisoners, 
would sometimes get impatient at the long delay and would 
curse the President, the Administration, and the Congress 
indiscriminately; but the general sentiment was that the 
Government would have us released as soon as it could con- 
sistently, and that we would patiently bide our time. At 
one time a petition was gotten up to forward to the Secre- 
tary of War, asking for our release, but it was so unpopu- 
lar that the idea was abandoned. 

On the first of February General Palfrey came in, got 
the prisoners together in the yard, and told us that we would 
leave for the North in a few days and advised us to get 
rid of our "shin-plasters" (Confederate scrip). This an- 
nouncement was greeted with such a roar of applause as 
was never heard before in Parish Prison. For the next 
few days the excitement was intense. The demand for 
bread and molasses was unprecedented. Haversacks, can- 



PRISON UI^E 341 

teens, and pockets were filled to their utmost capacity. 
Nothing' else could be thought of but preparation for our 
journey to the "promised land." 

February 6, we emerged from Parish Prison and saw 
old Mother Earth for the first time in four months — 
breatheil the pure air of Heaven and bathed in the sunlight. 

Our trip to Salisbury, North Carolina, was by the same 
route we passed over before, as far as Kingsville, South 
Carolina — thence via Columbia and Charlotte, reaching 
Salisbury about midnight. February 14. 

Our accommodations were even W'Orse than on our pre- 
vious trip. We were crowded into hog and cattle-cars, so 
that rest or sleep was out of the question. We suffered from 
the cold, but had the satisfaction of seeing our escorts suffer 
still more, as they were not as well provided with clothing 
as we were. We had provided extra rations for our journey. 
50 that we fared very well in that respect. The ration of 
rotten fat pork which was dealt out to us was used for fuel 
instead of fodder, as it was mucli better fitted for that 
purpose. 

W'e noticed a great change in our reception along the 
route. Very few came out to see us, and they had little to 
say — did not seem inclined to discuss the prospects of the 
war. Their respect for the Yankee had developed wonder- 
fully. We heard none of that bragging and nagging which 
greeted us on our way Stnith. 

Salisbury was a little village in the western part of North 
Carolina, in a very retired spot, entirely removed from 
^vatcr communication, and well adapted for use as a depot 
for prisoners of war. The main building had been used as 
a cotton factory, and was made to accommodate alx:)ut a 
thousand men. while several other smaller buildings in the 
^aIne yard contained as many more. Our cpiarters here were 
m imj)rovcment on th<^se of New Orleans and Richmond. 
We had bunks with straw ticks to sleep on. and were not 
=;o crowded. A part of the time we had the privilege of the 
yard to exercise in. We hafl plenty of light and could see 
5ome of the outside world from the windows. 



342 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 



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At the first the food was more plentiful and of better 
quality, but the supply was soon exhausted, and what we 
did get was so miserably poor that it was unfit to eat. Dur- 
ing the first month there we were constantly in a fever of 
excitement about going home, so that nothing else could be 
thought of ; but finally, when it became evident that we were 
to stay for some time, various ways of whiling away the 
time were devised. Among these were theatricals. 

On each of the three floors of the main building, contain- 
ing about two hundred and fifty prisoners each, a stage was 
erected, with curtains, footlights, etc. Carpenters and 
decorators were in great demand, and the "corps 
dramatique" astonished the natives with their performances 
of "high tragedy" and "low comedy," interspersed with i 
songs and dances. The rebel officers used to come in to i 
see the plays, and seemed to be highly entertained. The : 
officers who occupied some of the smaller buildings and had ' 
the privilege of the yard for exercise, organized a baseball 
team, and had some lively games. 

The sanitary conditions here were worse than in Parish 
Prison. The rooms were cold and damp, with no fires, and 
the floors were filthy, and no means provided for cleaning 
them. The surgeon (or butcher, as the boys called him) 
was a blockhead, and the only reason why he did not kill 
more of us was that he had no medicine. Most of the men 
were afflicted with rheumatism, and many of them with 
scurvy. Every day several corpses were taken to the dead- 
house, which was near Captain Shurtleff's quarters. About 
lo o'clock in the morning a cart drawn by a mule was 
backed up to the door, the bodies tumbled in and hauled 
off to the woods, dumped into a ditch, and covered with dirt. 
It is said that during the war 12,000 Union soldiers were 
carted aw^ay from this dead-house and disposed of in that 
way. 

On the 17th day of May we began to sign paroles. We 
signed three separate paroles before they got one that was 
satisfactory. We would have signed fifty rather than stay 
there another week. It was finally arranged that we should 



PRISON LIFE 343 

go iti squads of two hundred, each day, by rail to Tarboro, 
down the Tar River, under tlag of truce, on scows, to 
Little Washington, North Carolina, where we were de- 
livered up to officers of Burnside's command, May 29. 
When we came in sight of the Federal gunboat and saw 
Old Glor\- Hoating from its llagstaff the long-repressed en- 
thusiasm of the prisoners burst forth. Several small edi- 
tions of the "Stars and Stripes," which had been carefully 
preserved during our nine months' imprisonment, suddenly 
made their apjiearance among us, and cheer upon cheer 
arose from hundreds of loyal throats, and were answered by 
our fellow-soldiers and sailors on the gunboat and on shore. 
Our rebel escort looked astonished and chagrined, but hung 
their heads and said not a word. This was our adieu to 
rebel rule and rebeldom. 

We were im iiediately transferred to a transport and taken 
to Xewbern, where we were welcomed by General Bum- 
side who was in command of the Union forces there. The 
next day we proceeded on our way to New York, where we 
arrived June i. Here we separated, and hastened to our 
homes in different parts of the country. Quite a numl)er of 
the ])risoners were examined by a surgeon in New York, 
and were discharged for disability. Some were discharged 
later on, and the remainder were declared exchanged and 
returned to the regiment at Dumfries in March, 18C3. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 

SKETCH OF PRISON LIFE AND THE BONE-DUST TRADE. 
By lyBROY WarrKN of Company C. 

The branch of inrlustry chiefly followed by the war- 
prisoners in New Orleans was the so-called "bone-dnst 
trade." It consisted of the manufacture of all manner of 
bone trinkets, such as rings, toothpicks, bodkins, crosses, 
Bibles, and ornamental pins. This business ;^rcw up gradu- 
ally until it came to be the all-engrossing employment of 
most of the prisoners. 

It was natural that those of us who had been able to re- 
tain our pocket-knives should take to whittling. At first 
the whittlers made elaborately carved wooden boxes, finger- 
rings from knots and pieces of hard coal, little baskets from 
almond shells and peach pits. In the growing scarcity of 
other materials some genius whittled a bone into something- 
useful or ornamental; and it soon became apparent that 
bone was of more value for the purposes of art than any 
other material we could obtain. Bone, too, was plentiful, 
owing to the highly osseous character of our Texas beef. 
Indeed, the bone came to be the most valuable part of the 
ration. A fine shinbone was sometimes sold to makers of 
bone works for twenty-five cents, a sum of far more im- 
portance to one of us prisoners than five dollars under ordi- 
nary circumstances. It was discovered that raw bone wa^ 
clearer and tougher, and would take a better polish than 
after it had been boiled ; so the bone was taken out before 
boiling. 

The rascals who dealt out beef to us, finding how much 
value was attached to bones, stole the bones and sold them 
to the men. The manufacturers gradually attained great 
skill. There were professional engravers and watch-maker 5 
who did the finer work, and employed others to saw and do 



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SKETCH OF PRISON UFE 345 

he coarser work. Some of the chased rings and embossed 
»ins were really elegant. Red, blue, and green sealing wax 
vere used in lettering and in the insertion of figured work 
md flowers. The making of bone-work would not have 
>ecome so all-absorbing nor have attained such perfection 
lad it not been a paying occupation, and the only means by 
vhich money could be earned. The citizens of New Or- 
eans who came to visit us bought rings and other articles 
)f bone-work, as mementoes of the Yankees. It got into 
he papers that we were making a variety of fanciful and 
ngenitnis articles, and the demand for bone-work increased. 
Ucn came into the prison to buy on speculation or to fill 
ittle commissions for female friends. The guards who were 
)laccd over us at night, though forbidden to hold any com- 
nunication with us. traded for bone-work with eagerness, 
riic sentry would order a ring to be made and engraved 
vith his sweetheart's name or his own initials, or he would 
)uy a quantity to sell again outside. 

Our boys did not hesitate to engrave on their work the 
Confederate Hag or the legend "C. S. A." The rings rep- 
resenting a good "poker" hand were, however, more in de- 
nand than those engraved with the rebel Hag. Saws and 
"lies and other forbidden tools were brought in by the sen- 
ries. 

The men contrived lathes and drills and made the most 
ngenious use of the tools they possessed. The bone busi- 
less became the great business of the prison. Many men 
.vorkcd incessantly at this money-making and time-killing 
employment. Ijouc rings sold at various prices from twelve 
ind a half cents to two dollars, according to quality of 
natcrial and beauty of workmanship. A beautifully 
kvrought penholder sold for two dollars. The currency re- 
:eive(l f(^r these articles, and the only currency circulated in 
the prison, was shin plasters of various sorts, chielly omni- 
His tickets on the various city lines. 

These tickets passed for five cents and constituted the 
^mall change of New Orleans. Gold and silver passed out 
if circulation in rebcMom much sooner than among us. The 



346 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

scarcity of silver was one of the standing editorial jokes 
among Southern newspapers that winter. 

I regret that I have few statistics of the amount of bone- 
work made by the prisoners. One man sold forty dollars' 
worth in prison, besides a still larger quantity which he kept 
to bring home and to sell on the road. 

Sixteen men in one of the smaller cells sold bone-work to 
the value of over tvv^o hundred dollars. With the currency 
received for the work, the men bought bread, cornmeal, 
potatoes, onions, oranges, tobacco, and molasses. Molasses 
was used by all the prisoners in large quantities. It was 
found to be the cheapest article of food we could buy. The 
finest golden syrup could be bought for twenty-eight cents 
per gallon, and a good article of molasses for twenty cents. 
A bone ring of ordinary pretensions was thus worth a gal- 
lon of molasses. .Many of the men ate molasses at the rate 
of a pint a day ; the majority, however, did not use more 
than one-half of this quantity. 

I have no doubt that this free use of molasses contributed 
to prevent fevers and scurvy. It was certainly of great ser- 
vice in eking out our scanty rations. Sometimes three or 
four barrels of molasses would be bought by various men 
in the prison in a single day. I think that toward the latter 
part of our stay in New Orleans we did not use less than a 
barrel daily. 

General Palfrey was kind enough to act as our agent, ex- 
pending our money advantageously and sending the molas- 
ses in to us. He also made efforts at one time to establish a 
market in the city for bone-work, but with little success — 
the demand for bone-work having subsided. 

This manufacture and sale of bone-work contributed in 
many ways to the welfare of all the men in prison, and was 
">ne of the most notable things in our experience of prison 
life. 



CHAPTER XL. 

AN EPISODE OF THE BATTLE OE CROSS LANES. 

By Edgar M. Condit of Company C. 

Immcdiateh following the battle. Company C hunicdly 
left the held, taking to the near-by woods, in a more oi less 
(ienioralized conchtion. However, our real confusion and 
night followed several hours later, when w^e suddenly found 
ourselves almost entirely surrounded by Colonel Tompkins's 
regiment. The first we knew of their presence was their 
demand for our surrender. This happened at a time when 
most of the company were sitting on the ground resting. 
while the Captain and some of the sergeants had begun a 
conference r.s to the direction we should take. The enemy 
had also been resting, but quickly rising up, their guns 
were fairly in our faces. In a sorrowful tone of voice Cap- 
tain Shurtleff gave the order, "Fall in, boys, I shall have to 
give you iip." The company was somewhat "strung out," 
and while those nearest the Captain began forming for sur- 
render the larger part of the company ran pell mell into a 
laurel thicket which, providentially, was only about three 
jumps away. No two could make the same time through 
this breastworks of laurel. They all seemed to have better 
wind than I, and so it transpired that this was the last I saw 
of any of my company for sixteen days. There was some 
shooting and much yelling "Surrender!" behind mc. 
Reaching the channel of a small stream, I took to that, anci 
spying a ledge of rock, reaching far out over the bank, I 
crawled back to its farthest recess and lay there for several 
iinurs. 

In the mean time, two of Company A*s boys joined mt- 
under this rock, — Hoffman and Evans, — who had in the 
flight come off the battlefield with us instead of their own 
company. While we lay there a number of Confederates 
ran over nur heads, and even fired at retreating soldiers 



348 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

making their way through the brush. After all had been 
quiet for some time we ventured out of our hiding-place 
and again resumed our retreat of twenty-five miles through 
the mountains to Gauley Bridge. We had not gone far 
before we came up to a fallen tree whose butt was hollow 
and out of which was protruding a pair of shoes and socks. 
We felt sure they were U. S. goods, but we were in no 
frame of mind to take any chances, and so passed quietly by. 
(If that soldier is still living and ever reads this item I 
want him to write me.) Wearily pulling ourselves up the 
side of mountains, sometimes crossing deep ravines, always 
keeping within hearing of the roaring Gauley, we con- 
tinued our wanderings until almost nightfall, when we sup- 
posed we must be nearly fifteen miles from the battlefield — 
as a matter of fact we were only three ; but by this time wc 
were the victims of sharp hunger and fatigue. Coming to 
an opening we could see no house or road, but did frequently 
hear the barking of a dog near by. We decided to wait till 
dark and investigate, and during this halt we coiled around 
the rtiots of a spreading laurel bush. While lying there 
three men passed within a dozen feet of us, presumably 
memuers of our own company; but the foliage about us 
was so dense we could not tell whether they were friends or 
enemies. At length darkness and hung"er screwed up our 
cour.'ige to go to the cabin home we felt sure the barking 
dog was defending, and here our real story begins. 

With fixed bayonets and capped guns we dashed across 
an open field and "a mountain road to the front door of a 
very modest log house. A mother, somewhat startled, met 
us ?t the door. Recognizing our uniforms she bade us come 
in quickly. In crossing the street we had noticed a fire in 
the road, perhaps 200 yards from this home, and this was 
in part the cause of her excitement, for this was the enemy's 
picket post for the night. 

Her welcome was all the assurance we needed that we 
had fallen into the hands of Union friends. Quicker than T 
can tell you she had our army equipment hidden away. We 
occupied a small back room while she prepared us a warm 



EPISODK Ol' RATTLK OI- CROSS LANES 349 

supper of biscuits, honey, meat, and several kinds of sauce. 
Ko banquet menu since ever touched my palate as did that 
>upper. For three months we had been subsisting on "hard 
tack and sow-belly," and by comparison this supper was a 
royal feast. The "banquet" over we were shown up into 
the "loft," where we slept on feather beds — to be sure, a 
Joubtful luxury in these days, during the month of August ; 
but after sleeping on the ground for three months with tli-- 
soft side of a cartridge-box for a pillow, we thought the 
feather beds were great. The night wasn't long enough, 
for about half past three the next morning this mother 
came to our bedside and woke us. saying that if we were 
discovered in the house the Confederates would burn the 
home and otherwise destroy their property. We dressed 
while she filled our haversacks, and her oldest boy. then 
twelve years of age. led us to a hillside, less than a quarter 
of a mile from the house, where we hid in a deep excava- 
tion made by a large tree which had blown down. This 
was our home for two days, and it did not do a thing but 
pour down for about thirty-six hours of that time. We 
fairly floated in this small cellar. Between the rain and 
the Confeds in the dooryard and about the house, none of 
the family could get to us for two days. The storm finally 
let up. and after dusk of the second day the oldest daugli- 
ter — eighteen years of age — and the little brother, before 
mentioned, got to us with a pot of hot cofifee. biscuits, 
boiled corn, and honey. Do you wonder that we thought an 
angel had dropped down from heaven to- succor us? The 
biscuits and the cofTee were the first warm thing that had 
touched our stomachs for those two days of drenching 
storm. If there had been a preacher handy there would 
have been a three-corner duel to determine which of us 
should marry the girl. 

In the mean time, our hiding-place had become a mudhole 
and our clothing saturated and stiff with mud. luicouraged 
by this young woman, we determined t(i get to the house 
under cover of the darkness. She led of¥ some little distance 
ahead of us. Nearing the house we lay down on an "elder 



350 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

patch," while she reconnoiterecl about the house and 
grounds. The way was clear, and in a moment more we 
were in the old log cabin again, sitting around a smoulder- 
ing fire-place, trying to dry our clothes. By this time the 
reader is entitled to a more formal introduction to our 
hostess, Mrs. James A. Renick — whose good and loyal hus- 
band had "to skip the country" to avoid being pressed into 
the Confederate service. To do this he had to leave this 
noble woman and a large family of children — the daughter 
mentioned being the oldest — unprotected and at the mercy 
of Floyd's soldiers. 

But to proceed with our experience. This lady found 
three of her husband's shirts, and we were ordered back to 
the feather beds in the "loft" while she — and her deeds, like 
those of Mary Magdalene, should be told throughout the 
world — sat up the livelong night cleaning and drying our 
clothes around the fire-place. Before daylight the next 
morning our haversacks were again filled, and with the 
"kid," scarcely awake, for our leader, we were piloted to a 
small cave — a sort of chamber in the rocks along a creek 
bank, some eighty rods distant from the home. We had to 
cross the road, but the rest of our way was through a woods 
and laurel thicket. Here, in the dry, we made our home for 
nearly two weeks, while the daughter kept us provisioned 
as opportunity occurred. Every day or two came a large 
pail full of bread, meat, honey, boiled "roasting ears" and 
ripe peaches. Often she came to us soaking wet to her 
shoulders from the dripping laurel brush, for it still rained 
much of the time. She kept us posted on what the Confeds 
were doing about the premises. 

While we lay in the cave sharing this family's hospitality, 
these Southern soldiers confiscated every horse on the farm, 
seven in all, helped themselves to the corn on the place for 
army fodder, and either carried into camp or made up into 
cider the entire apple crop of a large orchard. Ten bushels 
of wheat were left them. This was in a large dry-goods 
box and stood by the front door on the porch, and thereby 
hangs a tale. About the middle of our stay the flour barrel 



EPISODE OF BATTEE OF CROSS LANES 351 

•an empty. The daughter. th(High only eighteen, was 
itterly without fear, and withal a good diplomat. She 
itated the case to a couple of visiting Confederate soldiers 
vho were connected with Floyd's wagon-train, and pre- 
•ailcd upon them to load these last ten bushels of wheat into 
)ne of their army wagons and take the grist to a small 
louring-mill some three miles away, while she sat on the 
op-most bag going and coming. It was a spectacle, indeed, 
o a Union soldier who was depending upon the return of 
hat flour for his next day's hot biscuit. 

After we had shared such hospitality for eight days we 
vere chafing under not only our confinement in this cave, 
)ut the appalling fact began to stare us in the face that we 
verc really eating the last bread of this mother and her 
even or eight children. We decided to take the chances of 
scape through the Confederate lines. The mother advised 
igainst this undertaking, but we insisted. Our haversacks 
vere filled early, and the little boy was sent, just as day was 
>rcaking, to guide us to the top of Panther iVTountain, from 
vhich we had Mrs. Renick's careful instruction as to the 
curse to pursue. Bidding the boy an affectionate and hearty 
[ood-by, we struck a bee-line — as we supposed — for Gauley 
bridge, more than twenty miles away. It was a long fore- 
loon. and after walking a dozen or fifteen miles through the 
nountains we halted for lunch. Thus refreshed, we again 
ook up the march, and by 3 o'clock we were momentarily 
xpecting to sight Twenty Mile Creek. A little later we 
anic out to an opening in which there was a log cabin in 
he little valley below us. \\c crawled along the fence for 
he distance of a couple of blocks, kcc|)ing ourselves well 
crccned in the brush. We got within the distance of a city 
ilock from this cabin and then lay down in a fefice corner 
or further observation. We had been there some minutes 
>efore the real situation dawned upon us. We had come 
•ack to the home of Mrs. Renick! Waiting till dark we 
nade our way softly to the back yard, and when we knew 
til was clear, walked into the house, to the great astonish- 
ncnt of the family. This episode impressed us as the lead- 



352 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

ing of Providence, and we again took up our old quarters in 
the cave. 

At the end of another week General Rosecrans was draw- 
ing his lines around Carnifax Ferry. This caused Floyd to 
draw in all his outposts, and though we were wholly igno- 
rant at the time of what was going on, it opened the way to 
our escape. Scarcely any Southern soldiers were now pass- 
ing the house or stopping to visit the family. We spent our 
last day (Sunday) in the house with several invited guests- 
Union women of the neighborhood. The afternoon turned 
into a general "smoker," in the very midst of which a squad 
of twenty-five or thirty of Floyd's cavalry rode up near the 
door, and a dozen of them dismounted, and were coming 
through the front gate before they were discovered. Two 
of the largest women at once stepped into the front door, 
completely filling that opening, while we ran across the front 
room on our hands and knees (to keep below the windows), 
and thus made our escape to the cabin "loft" of feather-bed 
experiences. These cavalrymen were not invited in, but 
stood at the door some time and visited with the ladies. We 
heard the whole conversation through the more or less open 
"chinks" of the cabin. The inquiry of one was, "Have you 
seen any more Yankees since the Cross Lanes fight?" 
There was a prompt chorus of noes, at which, for the first 
time, my heart went up to Heaven in gratitude for a well- 
emphasized He; it was a close call ! Before leaving that eve- 
ning, Mrs. Renick brought to me her youngest daughter — a 
tot of two or three summers, for whom no name liad yet 
been agreed upon (they called her "Sis"), and asked me 
to give her a Yankee name. As soon as my embarrassment 
was fairly off, I began running over a long list of early 
loves, and hit upon Leonora — for short, Nora — and that's 
her name to-day. 

As darkness closed down we took another farewell of all 
the family, with an audible "God bless you!" and struck out, 
the second time, to reach Gauley Bridge. The daughter 
who had already risked so much for us piloted us some two 
miles down the Gauley River to a cousin of hers, who had 



Episode of battle or cross lanks 353 

slipped back home on tlic (piict to sec his bride of but u few 
weeks. Here we stayed all nig'ht. and our ranks were in- 
creased by a member of Company K who had been lying 
under the "puncheon" floor of this cabin for two weeks. 
His name has gone from me. This young man, cousin of 
Miss Renick. started with us before sunrise the next morn- 
ing, and that night we slept at Twenty Mile Creek. The 
next morning, being the sixteenth day after the battle, we 
joined what was left of the Seventh Regiment at Gauley 
Bridge. We were sent for at once by the Colonel, who 
called for all the details of our "outing;" indeed, we did 
little else for several days but compare experiences with the 
other members of the regiment who had braved dangers and 
endured hardsliips in getting back to Gauley Bridge after 
this most unfortunate battle. 

If my story should stop here a very interesting part of it 
would remain untold. By this time most of my readers 
would say, "Of course this writer afterward married the 
girl." That is the way the novelist would have it. but I did 
not. Had she been agreeable to any such proposition, I 
could not have done so without breaking faith witli an 
earlier young lady acquaintance; however, the deeds and 
heroism of this young lady and her mother were not allowed 
to perish from memory. To have forgotten them I would 
have been an ingrate, indeed. My first effort to show my 
gratitude for what they had done for me was not what 
might be called a roaring success. We had not yet received 
our first payment in the service. Ten to fifty cents was 
about the average amount of specie per capita in our com- 
pany at this time. I borrowed from most everybody in the 
company, till I got together sixteen dollars — the price of the 
only silk dress pattern in the little store at the bridge pier. 
This I purchased and sent to the young lady by — as I sup- 
posed — a trusted acf|uaintance of hers. He did not return 
to Cross Lanes immediately, but followed our army down to 
Charleston. Here he sold the dress pattern to a merchant 
and took ^liss Renick one of a cheap delaine, a trick I found 



354 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INI ANTRY 

out seventeen years afterward. Perhaps it served me 
right, for as I now^ look back upon the incident it seems to 
me I was a "blooming chump" not to have sent them six- 
teeen dollars' worth of flour or corn-meal instead of this 
silk dress pattern. With nothing but starvation before 
them in their mountain home the family, a few weeks later, 
followed the father to eastern Ohio, where he had taken the 
lease of a farm for five years. At the expiration of this 
lease they returned to the old homestead, where thev now 
still live. The years went by, but never without a letter or 
two passing between Miss Renick (long since Mrs. Geo. G. 
Malcolm) and myself. Then living in Iowa, in 1878 my 
wife and I went to West Virginia to make this mother and 
daughter a visit. 

Mrs. Malcolm's husband met us at Gauley Bridge, the 
nearest railway station, with a conveyance to take us to 
Cross Lanes via the identical road over which we had 
marched seventeen years before. The husband of Mrs. 
Renick (the mother) did not wait for our arrival, but met 
us on horseback five miles in advance of our destination. If 
General Grant had been passing through the country this 
family could not have paid him greater honor than they did 
us. 

Between the two families — the mother and daughter — 
we spent about two weeks, feasting on ripe peaches, fresh 
cider, fresh eggs, young chickens, etc. We spent the seven- 
teenth anniversary of the Cross Lanes battle with the 
mother, and we slept in the identical "loft" of the old log 
cabin I had occupied when a soldier. I say "we," but there 
were six of us — two young ladies, two gentlemen, my wife 
and I — all in this one room "loft," without so much as a 
sheet for a partition. They had a number of invited guests 
because of our visit, hence this "summer resort" method of 
sleeping us. On the anniversary day of the battle the 
family and invited guests held a picnic at the cave. During 
the afternoon we carefully removed the debris within this 
stone chamber to see what we could find. This recess in the 
rock was not of such dimensions as to attract neighborhood 



Kl'ISODK OF BATTUC OF CROSS UANICS 355 

^•isitors, and probal)ly had not received a guest outside of 
Ihc Renick family since our occupancy. We swept out all 
ihe leaves and other debris that liad drifted in durin? the 
previous seventeen years. In protected places that had been 
entirely free from moisture we found a number of peach 
pits and corn cobs in a perfect state of preservation. These 
u-ere plainly souvenirs of our life in this cave, and 1 brou.c^ht 
diem home and placed them with my other war relics, which 
I greatly prize. We also found a U. S. bullet, which I re- 
membered stripping the powder from to mix with water and 
earth in order to paint our initials on the ceiling of this rock 
chamber. The girl whom I had named Nora seventeen 
years before had married rather young, and of course she 
was present at this picnic, and in her arms was her first- 
lx)rn — a chubby, frisky boy. Standing in the cave amid 
many other guests, she brought this child to me to christen. 
I had not been advised that any such request was to be made. 
Without cliildren myself it was a novel duty. I was em- 
barrassed. The crowd insisted that as I had named the 
mother I must also name her first baby. After several 
efiforts to swallow the "lump in my throat," and running 
over the names of some of my boy acquaintances, I blessed 
the kid and named him Eugene Carlton. Everybody was 
happy over the selection, and to-day he still bears that 
name — a man twenty-seven years old. 

Then I put in two or three hours with hammer and cold 
chisel cutting into the face rock of that cave the following 
legend: "1861. — E. M. C. — 1878." Another seventeen 
years had rolled away, but during their flight the occasional 
friendly letter had passed between this family and myself. 

Thirty-four years after this first episode in the cave. Mrs. 
Condit and I were again on our way to West Virginia to 
visit this family. Perhaps I should have remarked earlier 
that the daughter who used to bring us food to the cave had 
married well — a Republican, and a real hustler. Though 
his county was strongly Democratic he was several times 
elected to the best ofiice within its gift. He became rich for 
that section of the country, owning many thousands of acres 



356 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INEANTRY 

of coal and timber lands along the Gauley. His home farm 
right at Cross Lanes contains 700 acres, and includes the 
little spring brook and meadow valley on which the Seventh 
Regiment camped for a week or more on the occasion of our 
first march through that country. They have reared, and I: 
liberally educated, a fine family, two of whom are now 
leading physicians in West Virginia, and one of the daugh- 
ters married a physician of leading practice in an adjoining 
county. This second visit, thirty-four years after the battle 
of Cross Lanes, was made of greater interest by the presence 
of my old "bunk-mate" of Company C, M. M. Andrews, 
whom the whole regiment has learned to love more and 
more as the years go by. We spent something over a week 
rambling over the early scenes of our knapsack days, and 
wound up with a picnic at the cave, on the thirty-fourth an- 
niversary of' that battle. The old log cabin on the Renick 
farm, which hid us in its "loft" the first night after the 
battle, is gone. I still have a good splinter of it among my 
war mementoes. 

Mr. and Mrs. Renick, in their old age, had built across 
the street from the old cabin, a small frame house. Stand- 
ing in that valley, under a broiling August sun, without the 
shade of a porch, I could not bear to think of that mother, 
who had done so much for me in a critical moment of my 
life, waiting another year for the luxury of a front porch 
in that hot climate. I requested Mr. Renick to have his 
carpenter estimate the cost of the proposed porch, for which 
I left the necessary funds. 

Back a little from the time I am writing about, the 
World's Fair of Chicago occurred. Living in Chicago at 
the time, it gave me an opportunity to remember these two 
benefactresses. I sent a check covering all their expenses 
both ways, and invited this mother and daughter to share 
our hospitality as long as they would stay in Chicago. For 
ten days either myself or wife gave them our whole time 
at the Fair or showing them about the city. On their ar- 
rival Mrs. Renick remarked, as I met her at the front door, 
"I have come all the way to Chicago to see a man that can 



EPISODE OE BATTLE OE CROSS LANES 357 

)e grateful for tJiirty-thrcc years." The daughter had 
Taveled considerably, and had seen as much of the United 
States as the average citizen ; but what a revelation to this 
nother! Born in the county in which she still lives (she is 
Mghty-two years old), she had never seen a railway train 
ill the one she boarded for Chicago, twenty-six miles dis- 
:ant from her mountain home. She had never seen a church 
)rgan, a modern bath-tub. gas, or electric light. She had 
lie count the latter in my house that she might be able to tell 
ler grandchildren about it when she got home. Of course 
;he Fair itself was a new world, a world peopled with mar- 
vels for her. They arrived the day before "Chicago day." 
Dnly the daughter and myself dared to brave such a crowd. 
[ asked her the largest crowd she had ever been in before. 
5he thought she had been to political meetings where there 
,vere three or four hundred people, but she seemed to ex- 
)erience no more trouble that day than did I in fighting my 
,vay through that 762,000 of humanity. 

We afterward had the pleasure of entertaining nearly all 
)f the daughter's children, and her husband, during their 
'Fair" visits. 

And now a word personal: 

In 1904 Mrs. Condit and myself finished a leisurely two 
wears' tour through all parts of Europe, much of Asia, and 
)art of Africa. My impressions, experiences, and observa- 
;ions during this eventful journey were written up from 
veek to week and published by one of my home newspapers. 
Dn my return, with some emendations, this correspondence 
vas published in book form by the h'leming ?I. Revell Com- 
)any of Chicago, making a volume of 626 pages, besides the 
llustrations, and is dedicated in the following language, to 
vit : "Out of a grateful memory the Author desires to dedi- 
:ate this volume to two friends who materially assisted 
Providence in saving his life during the civil war, viz : To 
Mrs. James A. Renick of Cross Lanes, West Virginia, who 
;ecreted and fed him in a cave for two weeks, and thus saved 
lini from the horrors of a Confederate prison, and to his 
:onirade and "bunk-mate" M. M. Andrews, now of Bay 



358 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

City, Michigan, who, at a later period, gave to him not less 
than a mother's care and love, during a long siege of typhoid 
fever in an army hospital." And now this volume, next to 
her Bible, is making this dear old mother happy in her West 
Virginia home. 

Daytona, Florida, May 22, 1905. 



GEN. GRANT TO GEN. LEE. 

"In the F1E1.D, 
"April 7, 1865. 
General: 
"The result of the last week must convince you of the 
hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army 
of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, 
and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsi- 
bility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the 
surrender of that portion of the Confederate States Army 
known as the Army of Northern Virginia. 

"U. S. Grant. 
"Lieut.-General. 
"General R. E. LeE." 

This letter was carried by Gen. Robert Nugent, accom- 
panied by Capt. John Oklershaw, one of his aides, to a Con- 
federate commissioned officer in front of the "Irish Brigade" 
composed of the Sixty-third, Sixty-ninth, and Eighty-eighth 
New York Infantry, and General Lee surrendered two days 
later, at Appomattox. • 



TRIBUTE OF COL. WILLIAM F. FOX. 

Colonel William F. Fox, the author of "Slocum and his 
Men," says : 

"The Seventh Ohio Infantry was relieved June ii, 1864, 
and ordered home to be mustered out of service, its term 
of enlistment having expired. This regiment had made a 
brilliant record in the war, and was highly regarded 
throughout the entire corps." 

He also, in his volume entitled "Regimental Losses in the 
Civil War," makes repeated reference to this regiment, while 
under the caption of "Three Hundred Fighting Regiments" 
he has compiled the following record : 

SEVENTH OHIO INFANTRY. 



Candy's Brigade — Geary's Division — Twelfth Corps. 

(i) Col. Erastus B. Tyler, Bvt. Major-Gen. (2) Col. William 
Creighton (killed). (3) Ueut.-Col. Samuel McClelland. 



R. 





Killed and Died of 
Wounds. 


Died of Disease, Acci- 
dents, in Prison, &c. 


Total 
Enroll- 
ment. 


Companies. 


Ofl&cers. 


Men. 


Total. 


Officers. 


Men. 


Total. 


Field and Staff 
Company A . 

B . 

C . 

D , 

E . 

F . 

G . 

H . 

I . 

K . 


• 
3 

2 

I 
I 
I 

I 
I 


I 
21 

13 

2 ■ 

15 
10 

13 
19 
15 
17 
24 


4 
21 

13 
28 
16 
II 
14 
19 
15 
18 

25 


I 

I 


8 

7 

7 

II 

10 

9 

9 

10 

10 

6 


I 
8 
7 
7 
II 
10 

9 
10 
10 
10 

6 


18 

154 
117 
148 
158 
122 

138 
128 

139 
114 
129 


Totals . . . 


10 


174 


184 


2 


87 


89 


1,365 



184 killed — 13.4 per cent. 



i 



TRIBUTE OF COIvONEl* FOX TO SEVENTH OHIO 36 1 

Total of killed and wounded, 68j; died in Confederate prisons (pre- 
viously included), 15. 

Battles. *K. & M. W. Battles. *K. & M. W. 

Scouting party, W. Va., nnmfrie<; Vi i 

(1861) I Uumtries, Va., i 

Cross Lanes, W. Va., Au- Chancellorsville, Va., 22 

gust 26, 1861, 13 n ^^ u r> 

Kernstown, Va 30 Gettysburg, Pa., 2 

Port Republic. Va., 19 Ringgold, Ga 25 

Cedar ^Iountain, Va., 5S t> /^ 

c^;,i.<.,'. r -vV-, . Resaca, Ga., i 

bnicker s uap, Va., i 

Antietam. Md., 8 New Hope Church, Ga., ... 6 

Present, also, at Lookout Mountain, Tenn. ; Missionary Ridge, 
Penn. ; Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. 

"Notes. — One of the finest regiments in the service. It 
was raised in nofthern Ohio, with rendezvous at Cleveland, 
and was composed of exceptionally good material. Its 
ranks includecl men of culture and good social position, 
clergymen, students, teachers, bankers, farmers and me- 
chanics. They enlisted promptly at first news of war, the 
regiment organizing in April for the three months' service, 
but entering the three years' service, almost to a man, when 
the second call for troops was made. It left the State June 
26. 1861, and proceeded to West Virginia. While en- 
:amped by itself at Cross Lanes, W. Va., it was attacked by 
a large force under General Floyd ; the regiment made an 
obstinate defense, but was driven from the field with a se- 
I'ere loss, many of the men being captured. The principal 
los.ses of the Seventh were — at Kernstown, 20 killed. 62 
kvounded. and 10 missing; at Port Republic. 10 killed, 55 
kvounded, and 10 missing; at Cedar Mountain, 31 killed, 
149 wounded, and 2 missing, out of 307 present; at Antie- 
:am. 5 killed and 7,^ wounded; at Chancellorsville. 16 
<illed. 62 wounded, and 21 missing; and at Ringgold, Ga.. 
[6 killed, and 58 wounded, out of 206 present. At Ring- 
gold. Colonel Creighton. Lieut. -Col. Orrin T- Crane. Adju- 
:ant Baxter, and two lieutenants were killed, while the rc- 
naining officers, with one exception, were all wounded. .At 

*Ki!led and mortally wounded. 



362 s^ve;nth rkgimdnt ohio voi^unteer ini^'antry 



Kernstown the Seventh was in Shields's division; General 
Augur commanded the division at Cedar Mountain, General 
Greene at Antietam, and General Geary in its subsequent 
battles. While on the Atlanta campaign, on June 11, 1864, 
the Seventh received notice that its enlistment had expired 
and was ordered home. The recruits were transferred to 
the Fifth Ohio." 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 

PARTLY COMPILED BY 

CAPT. GEORGE A. McKAY. 




MAJOR GENERAL ERASTUS B, TYLER 
((Colonel 7tli O. V. I. — Mjij. Gen. Vols. — Died Jan. 9th, 1S91.) 



FIELD AND STAFF. 



COL. ERASTUS B. TYLER. 

Col. Erastus B. Tyler was born at Beaconsfield. Ontario 
rounty. New York. April 24, 18 19. When eight years of 
ige his parents removed to Ravenna, Ohio. He was edu- 
cated in the common schools of that city and at Granville 
rollege. In the year 1845 he entered the service of the 
\merican Fur Company and while in its employ traveled 
extensively in Ohio. Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, 
md Virginia. 

He joined the militia of his native State, and was pro- 
noted rapidly to the position of brigadier-general, which he 
^'as holding at the breaking out of the war of the rebellion. 
He was elected colonel of the Seventh Regiment O. V. L. 
May 7. 1861. and in June his regiment was ordered to West 
V'irginia. where he captured $40,000 at Weston. 

He participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Virginia ; 
Winchester. Virginia; Port Republic, Virginia; Antietam, 
Maryland; Frecjericksburg, Virginia ; Chancellorsville, Va., 
md Monocacy, Maryland. 

He was promoted to brigadier-general of \^olunteers. May 
14. 1862. and was brevetted major-general in 1865, and as- 
signed to the military defenses at Baltimore. Mar\-land. as 
commander. He was mustered out of the service of the 
United States at the close of the war in 1865. 

He settled in Baltimore, Maryland, after the war. and was 
appointed postmaster of that city by the President, and re- 
tained that position for several years. 

He died January 9. 1891, at Baltimore, Maryland, and is 
interred there. The body is to be transferred to Arlington 
Cemetery and buried next to General Sheridan. 

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WILLIAM R. CREIGHTON. 

Colonel William R. Creighton was born at Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania, in June, 1837. When the war commenced in 
the year 1861 he was a compositor on the Cleveland Herald.' 
He had from boyhood up taken great pride in military mat- 
ters, and at the time of the firing on Fort Sumter was first 
lieutenant of the Cleveland Light Guard Zouaves. On 
April 17 he recruited a company, which was filled in one 
day, under the call of the President for 75,000 troops. 
April 19, he reported for duty at Camp Taylor, Cleveland, 
Ohio, and being an exceptionally good drillmaster he re- 
ceived numerous encomiums from visitors on account of 
the excellent drill and discipline of his company, which was 
mustered into the service of the United States as Company 
A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 

May 2, he was married to Miss Eleanor L. Quirk, a very 
estimable lady, who still remains his widow. 

May 5, the company was transferred to Camp Dennison, 
near Cincinnati, Ohio, for continuance of drill and to learn 
all military duties under the Army Regulations. While there 
he was elected as lieutenant-colonel of his regiment on ac- 
count of his soldierly qualities, and became its drillmaster. 
After the battle of Winchester. Virginia, March 23, 1862, 
he was promoted to the rank of colonel for brave and meri- 
torious service. He participated in the following battles 
during the war: Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic, 
Cedar Mountain, Dumfries, and Chancellorsville, Virginia; 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ; Lookout Mountain and Mission- 
ary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Georgia. 

Colonel Creighton was noted from the first as an excel- 
lent officer, cool and recklessly brave in action, a true and 
patriotic soldier, revered by his fellow officers and beloved 
by soldiers serving under him. There was no braver sol- 
dier during the war than he. 

He was severely wounded in the left shoulder at the battle 
of Cedar Mountain and did not rejoin his command until 



I 




COLONEL WILLIAM R. CREIGHTON 
(Killi.l at M.itll.- .if ItiiiKgold, Gu.. Nov. ^Tlh. IhC.'I.) 



FIELD AND STAFF 367 

iter Antietam, Maryland, C(Misc(|Ucntly missing the wliolc 
t the second lUill Rnn campaign. He was mortally 
ounded at the battle of Ringgold. Georgia, November 2j, 
563. while commanding the First Brigade, Second Divi- 
on. Twelfth Army Corps, comprising the Fifth, Seventh, 
wcnty-nintli, and Sixty-sixth Ohio, and Twenty-eighth 
id One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volun- 
er Regiments, and died within six hours thereafter. 

Being ordered by Gen. John \V. Geary, commanding the 
vision, to form his brigade and storm Taylor's Ridge, he 
irmed his brigade pursuant to orders, in echelon. Ad- 
essing his brigade, he said, "We are ordered to take those 
jights. and I expect to see you roosters walk right over 
em!" The charge was pressed to a finish, but failed on 
count of the weakness in numbers of the assaulting col- 
nn. part of his regiment being killed on the summit of the 
ige. Just before he was wounded one of his friends and 
imrades was w^ounded through lx)th legs, the main artery 

his left leg being lacerated fearfully. Colonel Creighton 
>und up the leg w'ith his handkerchief, and borrowing a 
lyonet from one of the soldiers formed a tourniquet and 
Dpped the flowing of blood. He was himself shot imme- 
ately thereafter, through the muscular coating of the 
■art, the wound bleeding internally instead of outwardly. 
3th were carried off the field together. 
Colonel Creighton had been recommended for the posi- 
>n of brigadier-general previously, but death intervened 
fore he reached the goal of his desires. His remains were 
nbalmed and sent home, where he was given all honors, 
e Wly lying in state at the City Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, 
larded by the National Guard, then transferred to the city 
ult. where it remained until the return of his regiment at 
e expiration of their term of service, when it was escorted 

Woodland Cemetery. His old regiment acted as pall- 
arers and chief mourners, followerl by the tears of thou- 
nds. 

As a special mark of honor to the memory of Colonel 
'eighton, the name of Fort Wood at Chattanooga, Tennes- 
e, was changed by military orders to Fort Creighton. 



JOEL F. ASPER. 

Joel F. Asper was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 
April 20, 1822, and when but five years of age his father 
removed to Farmington, Ohio, by the slow process of a 
four-horse team. Until eighteen years old he assisted his 
father in clearing a farm in the Ohio forest, at the same 
time attending a district school in w^inter. Having a pas- 
sion for reading and writing he was led to study law, 
and in August, 1844, was admitted to the bar; while in 
October following he opened a law office in Warren, Ohio. 
In 1846 he was elected a justice of the peace and on Decem- 
ber 15th of the same year was married in Farmington to 
Miss Elizabeth Brown. Three children — two daughters 
and a son — were born to them. In 1850 he moved to Char- 
don, Ohio, where he edited a Free-Soil paper. He returned 
to Warren in 1852 and resumed the practice of law, which 
continued until the breaking out of the war in 1861. 

Colonel Asper was among the first to tender the services 
of a company to Governor Dennison, and on the 26th of 
pany A of Warren, which became Company H of the Sev- 
enth Ohio Infantry, and he its captain. He was promoted to 
lieutenant-colonel May 20, 1862, and served in this regiment 
until March 2, 1863, when he resigned after having partici- 
pated in the battles of Cross Lanes and Winchester, in 
which last engagement he was severely wounded. He as- 
sisted in the organization of the One Hundred and Seventy- 
first Regiment of Ohio National Guards, to serve for the 
period of 100 days, and served therein as its colonel froni 
April 27 to August 20, 1864. This regiment was ordered 
to Kentucky, where in a spirited engagement with Morgan's 
cavalry at Keller's Bridge, on June 11, 1864, it lost 13 killed, 
54 wounded, and many prisoners. In 1864 Colonel Asper 
removed to Chillicothe, Missouri, where he practiced law 
successfully and in 1866 began the publication of the Spec- 
tator, in which he advocated the election of General Grant 




F*CINO 
PACE 368 



LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOEL F. ASPER. 

GENERAL OFFICER OF THE DAY, 

DECEMBER 2. 1862 



FIELD AND STAFF 369 

or President. He was a delegate to the Chicago Conven- 
ion and State Convention, and after a spirited contest was 
lected to Congress as a radical RepubHcan. 

He was active and energetic; a brave and capable officer, 
^•ho iiad the respect of his men. He died in Chillicothc, 
Missouri, October i, 187J, and was buried in Edgcwood 
emctery in that city. 



ORRIN J. CRANE. 

Lieut.-Col. Orrin J. Crane was born at Troy, New York, 
in the year 1828. His education was limited in the Hnes 
generally adopted in civil life, but he learned the science of 
war through his superior officer, Col. William R. Creighton, 
who was a natural-born soldier. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion in the 
year 1861 he was connected with the ship building business 
as a carpenter in the building of vessels for the Great Lakes. 
After the firing on Fort Sumter he enlisted as a private in 
the Cleveland Light Guard Zouaves April 17, 1861, and was 
elected to the position of first lieutenant in the company 
which was mustered into the service of the tJnited States 
as Company A, Seventh Regiment O. V. L He was pro- 
moted to captain when Creighton was elected lieutenant- 
colonel. 

He reenlisted for three years June 19, 1861. He partici- 
pated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Repub- 
lic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettys- 
burg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and was killed 
at Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863, while in com- 
mand of his regiment. 

Crane was a good mechanic through his early training, 
and his talent in that line was utilized by his superior officers 
in the building of bridges, barracks and corduroy roads, 
whenever necessary, and the work performed by him was 
always well done. 

He commanded his brigade for a while at Antietam, 
Maryland, after General Tyndall was severely wounded. 

Crane was well liked by the men under him on account of 
his careful attention to their comforts while in camp and on 
the march. He was a cool and brave officer in battle, and 
was promoted to the position of lieutenant-colonel for meri- 
torious services in the face of the enemy. 

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL ORRIN J. CRANE 
(Kill.-.l .'it Ilalll.- of l:iM^';;c.l.l. (;ii.. Nov. L'Ttli. lrt(i:i.) 




LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAMUEL McCLELLAND 

(Died 1872.) 



SAMUEL M. McClelland. 

Lieut. -Col. Samuel M. McClelland was born in the year 
1833. He removed to Youngstown, Ohio, when a young 
man, and was educated in the common schools. 

He enlisted as a private in a company raised for three 
months, and was elected first lieutenant. When mustered 
into the service of the United States it became Company L 
Seventh Regiment O. V. L He reenlisted in the three 
years' service June 19, 1861 ; became captain of Company 
H May i, 1862, and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel De- 
:eniber i, 1863, for bravery in action. 

He participated in the following battles: Cross Lanes, 
Winchester. Port Republic. Cedar Mountain. Dumfries, 
Chancellorsville. Virginia ; Gettysburg. Pennsylvania ; 
Lookout Mountain. Tennessee; Ringgold, Dalton. Rocky 
Face Ridge. Resaca, and Dallas, or New Hope Church, 
Georgia. At the battle of Ringgold he was severely 
wounded in the wrist and face, and in the head at Winches- 
ter. 

He was mustered out of the service on expiration of the 
term of his regiment July 6, 1864. 

After his muster out of the service he entered the service 
nf Brown. P»onnell & Co. (engaged in the iron manufactur- 
ing business at Youngstown) as a puddlcr in one of their 
mills, he having been engaged in that business before the 
war. 

McClelland was an exceptionally brave man while in the 
service. He died at Youngstown in the year 1872. 



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JOHN S. CASEMENT. 

Major John S. Casement was born in the year 183 1. He 
was educated in the common schools, but improved himself 
by constant reading. At the breaking out of the war of 
the rebellion he was engaged in the construction business 
on railroads and had been for several years previous, his 
chief assistants being Wells and Desby Clayton and his 
brother Dan. It was like sunshine to see their happy faces 
around the old C. C. C. & I., C. & T., and C. P. & A. Rail- 
ways. 

After the firing on Fort Sumter, Casement volunteered, 
and was elected major of the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 
for a period of three months, and was commissioned to 
date from April 25, 1861. June 19, he reenlisted for a 
period of three years and was re-commissioned accordingly. 

The regiment was ordered to West Virginia and he par- 
ticipated in the battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 
1 86 1, with it. The regiment was defeated with severe loss 
and scattered, the right wing retreating to Gauley Bridge 
and the left to Charleston. Virginia. Casement handled the 
left wing on its retreat, with the greatest coolness and brav- 
ery, passing through the enemy's country, crossing rivers, 
creeks, and mountain ranges without losing a man captured. 

He also fought at Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862. 
and rode forward with a squad of not over twenty men and 
captured a twenty-pounder cannon from the enemy and held 
on to it until the fighting was over. This battle was the 
only one in which General "Stonewall" Jackson was de- 
feated by the Union troops, and driven back. 

During his service with the Seventh he was engaged in 
numerous skirmishes and marches, notably that of Blue's 
Gap, wliere in the dead of winter the regiment marched all 
night through the snow with the thermometer at or below 
zero. He was always loved by the boys of the Seventh for 




BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN S. CASEMENT 
(Miijor Till O. V. I. — Col. lO.id O. V. I. — Hritt. Ocn. Vols.) 




SURGEON CURTISS J. BELLOWS 



flELD AND STAFF 373 

his good nature and coolness and bravery in action, never 
asking any one to go where he would not. 

lie tendered his resignation at Falmouth, Virginia, to 
accept promotion. He was appointed colonel of the One 
Hundred and Third Regiment O. V. I., to date from August 
18. 1862. 

He participated with this regiment in the battles of Knox- 
ville. Tenn. ; Resaca, Georgia; and all of the Hanking 
marches and battles in Sherman's advance on Atlanta, los- 
ing 255 men in killed, wounded, and missing out of a force 
of 450 when they started ; Franklin, Tennessee, and Nash- 
ville, Tennessee. He virtually saved the day at Franklin 
by his daring valor and skill and by the courage of his 
brigade. 

The regiment was transferred under Maj.-Gen. Schofield 
to Wilmington, N. C. In this movement Casement com- 
manded a brigade, as he had done for over a year previous. 
The brigade remained in this department until the surrender 
of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston with his command near Raleigh, 
North Carolina. 

Tile regiment was mustered out of the service June 23. 
1865, on account of the end of the war. Casement, still 
commanding the brigade of which the One Hundred and 
Third was one of the units, had been brevettcd brigadier- 
general for bra^•e and meritorious services in the face of the 
enemy. 

After the war ceased General Casement resumed his busi- 
ness of construction of railroads, he being the contractor 
under whose supervision the track of the Union Pacific Rail- 
way was laid, some days laying seven miles of track per day. 
He was engaged in building railroads in various States and 
in Central America. He has been remarkably successful in 
this line of business, and has helped to construct more miles 
of railway than any man in the known world. 

He married Miss Frances Marion Jennings in the year 
1857. Two children were born to them, of whom one 
survives. 



LOUIS GERMAIN DE FOREST. 

lyouis Germain De Forest was born September 9, 1838, 
at Cleveland, Ohio. He was educated in the common 
schools of his native city, where he received a good educa- 
tion in the days when frills did not count. In early life he 
was attracted toward a military life, and joined the volun- 
teer organization called the Cleveland Light Guards. 
When this company disbanded for reorganization he joined 
the Sprague Cadets, an offshoot of it. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he was 
in the employ of N. E. Crittenden, the leading jewelry firm 
of his native city. After the firing on Fort Sumter, filled 
with martial ardor inherited from his paternal grandfather, 
a soldier of the Revolution, he enlisted as a private in the 
Sprague Cadets April 22, 1861, for three months, under the 
call of President Lincoln for 75,000 volunteers. This com- 
pany on being mustered into the service of the United States 
was assigned to the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. as Com- 
pany B. He was appointed orderly sergeant and was pro- 
moted to first lieutenant and adjutant for soldierly conduct. 
May 17, 1 86 1. He reenlisted for three years June 19, 1861, 
and was commissioned by the Governor of the State of Ohio 
as first lieutenant and adjutant in the three years' service. 
February i, 1862, he was transferred to the staff of Gen. 
E. B. Tyler as acting assistant adjutant-general. 

He participated in all of the marches, skirmishes, and 
battles of his regiment until he resigned March 12, 1862, on 
account of ill health, when he was honorably discharged 
from the service on account of surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility to take effect on that date. When to a certain extent 
he had recovered he was commissioned as captain of Com- 
pany C, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment O. V.I.,May 2, 
1864, and was mustered out of the service August 23, 
1864. 

He married Miss Theresa Suydam, December 26, 1861, 




CAPTAIN LOUIS G. DcFOKEST 

(1st Li..„t. \- A.ljt. 7th (). V. i. -c;.,,,. o.. f. l.-.otl, o. V. I. 
— Died August •_'(]. IS70.) 




CAPTAIN WILLIAM D. SHEPHERD 



(Ist Lieut. & Adjt. 7th O. V. I. — Capt. & C. S. 
U. S. Vols. — Died July 3d, 1882.) 



FIEI.D AND STAFF 375 

it Cleveland, Ohio, and they had three sons, two of whom, 
[Edward I. and Louis C, died in their youth, the surviving 
;on, Albert T., being now, in 1906, the general manager of 
:he American Steel and Wire Company on the Pacific coast. 
:ie with his mother, wife, and daughter reside at Palo Alto, 
ralifornia. 

Captain De Forest died at Cleveland, Ohio, August -2, 
1870 from disease contracted while in the service. His re- 
nains lie in Lake View Cemetery, the burial being the first 
me in those grounds. 

He was a brave and patriotic soldier, which seemed to de- 
scend upon him from his military ancestors, and made of 
liini one of the best disciplined officers in the service of the 
United States. 

His bright, genial disposition, manly bearing, and noble 
character made him a universal favorite, alike with his 
comrades in arms and a host of friends in civil life. 

Requiescat iti pace. 



FREDERICK THOMAS BROWN. 

The Rev. Frederick Thomas Brown, D. D., was born in 
West Carlisle, Coshocton County, Ohio, May 6, 1822. He 
attended Washington and Jefferson College and was grad- 
uated at Princeton in 1845. His theological studies were 
pursued at Princeton Seminary and at Geneva, Switzer- 
land, and he was ordained to preach by the Presbytery of 
Logansport, Indiana. 

After the breaking out of the war of the rebellion on the 
firing at Fort Sumter he was appointed as chaplain of the 
Seventh Regiment O. V. I. in 1861, and served in that ca- 
pacity until after the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., in which he 
participated. He was always well liked by the soldiers and 
he personally was a brave and patriotic man. 

His ministerial life was spent in Dayton, Ohio ; Madison, 
Indiana ; Cleveland, Ohio ; Georgetown, D. C. ; Chicago, 
Illinois ; St. Paul, Minnesota ; Ann Arbor, Michigan, and 
Manasquan, New Jersey. 

He was married three times — first to Miss Harriet Little, 
second to Charlotte Ann White, third to Anne Eliza Bates,i 
and had ten children born to them, of whom eight are living. 1 

He died of apoplexy at Manasquan, New Jersey, January 
II, 1893, and is buried at that place. 



i276) 




CHAPLAIN FREDERICK T. BROWN 
( I»i.Ml Jim. 1 1th, isO.i.) 




FIRST LIEUT. & ADJT. CHARLES A. BROOKS 

(Killed ill K. R. Accident, Aug. l.'itli. ISli:^,.) 




LlEUTENANl &■ AOJUTANT MOHKIS BAXTER 

.\l..ii:iil> «.,uh.l..,l ,.i is„i,i.. .,{ UiMiru'-.l.l. (i:. . Nnv. jvtii, isr,:i 
— Difd N'ov. :<Oth, IrtCi.l.) 



y*-377 




CAPTAIN JOHN MORRIS 



(1st l.ieiit. & R. Q. M. 7th O. V. I. — Capt. & A. 
— Died Febi-uniy 10th, 1903.) 



M. Vols. 



JOHN MORRIS. 

John Morris, the son of Henry and Susannah Morris, was 
born at Crowland, England, on March 3, 1835. When one 
year old his parents removed to the United States, and he 
was reared near Franklin Mills (now Kent), Portage 
County. Ohio. He was educated in the common schools 
and took a course of bookkeeping at Folvour's Business Col- 
lege, graduating in 1854. He engaged in business at 
Franklin Mills for two or three years. In the spring of 
1 86 1 he graduated from Jefferson Medical College at Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania, and returning to his home formed 
a partnership with Doctors Belding and Alcorn. 

He enlisted a company April 13, 1861, for a period of 
three months, and w'as assigned to the Second Brigade, 
Ninth Division, Ohio Volunteer Militia. On June 19, 1861, 
he was commissioned by the Governor as first lieutenant. 
Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry-, and assigned to it as 
quartermaster. May 23, 1862, he was appointed captain of 
Volunteers by President Lincoln. September 24, 1863, he 
was honorably discharged, and was immediately thereafter 
appointed Medical Inspector-General and placed in charge 
of Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D. C, where he remained 
until the end of the war. 

Reentering civil life he engaged for two years in the sale 
of drugs at Annapolis, Maryland. In the fall of 1867 he 
engaged in the practice of medicine at Chicago, one year 
later going to Cincinnati, and in 1870 graduated from the 
Cincinnati College of Law. Returning to Chicago, he 
formed an office arrangement with Melville W. Fuller, at 
present Chief Justice of the United States. Thenceforward 
until the end of his life he was engaged in the practice of law 
in that city. 

He engaged in the stationery and printing business in the 
year 1883 under the name of the John Morris Company, 

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378 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

and introduced the letter filing device. In 1895 the com- 
pany retired from business. 

After a long and painful illness Morris died on February 
10, 1903, and his remains were cremated. His ashes now 
rest in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. 

May 31, 1866, he married Susan C. Claude, of Annapolis, 
Maryland, who still survives. Henry C. Morris, a practic- 
ing attorney of Chicago, and Mrs. Robert Catherwood are 
his only children. 




FIRST LIEJTENANT & R Q. M. STEFIIKN T. LOOMIS 




SERGEANT MAJOR NEWTON K. HUBBARD 



NEWTON K. HUBBARD. 

Newton K. Hubbard was born in the year 1839, at West 
Springfield. Massachusetts, He was educated in the com- 
mon schools of the State of Ohio, Wesleyan Academy, and 
Providence Seminary, East Greenwich, Rhode Island. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, after the 
firing on Fort Sumter, he enlisted as a private, April 22, 
1 861, in a company raised at Painesville, Ohio, When 
mustered into the service of the United States it became 
Company D, Seventh Regiment O, V. I., the enlistment be- 
ing for three months. He reenlisted June 19, for a period 
of three years, and was promoted to corporal. He was mus- 
tered out on the expiration of the term of service of his 
regiment, July 6, 1864. 

He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes, 
X'irginia, where he was captured by the enemy and confined 
in the military prisons at Richmond, Virginia; New Or- 
leans. Louisiana, and Salisbury, North Carolina, nine 
months and six days, rejoining his regiment January, 1863, 
at Dumfries. Virginia, and fought again at Chancellorsville, 
Virginia (hit on shoulder by a piece of shell) ; Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee; Missionary 
Kidge, Tennessee, Ringgold, Georgia; Dalton, Georgia; 
Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, and Dallas, or New Hope 
Church, Georgia, He was appointed purveyor of Case- 
nent's brigade and remained at Raleigh, until after the war. 

After the war he engaged in various businesses and was 
iKvays lucky in his ventures, amassing what was considered 
n olden times quite a fortune. 

He married Miss Elizabeth Clayton, of Painesville, Ohio, 
ind one daughter was born to them. 

Hubbard was considered as one of the best soldiers in the 

venth Regiment, and was promoted from sergeant in 
-ompany D to the highest position in the non-commissioned 



380 SE;VENTH regiment OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

staff, that of sergeant-major of his regiment. It was un- 
fortunate that every one could not be an officer, but he 
should have been commissioned anyway, for meritorious 
service in the face of the enemy. 




MORRIS R. HUGHES 




COMMISSARY SERGEANT DANIEL D OWEN 




HENRY H. COE 
(Build Leader.) 



H. H. COE. 

H. H. Coe was leader of the band. Seventh O. V. I., July 
10, 1 86 1. Joined the reg-iment at Weston, West Virginia, 
Second Brigade Army of Occupation, West Virginia. Was 
in battle at Cross Lanes. Suninierville. August 24 and 25 ; 
at Charleston till November i ; expedition to Loop Creek 
and Fayetteville, November i to 17; skirmish at IMcCoy's 
Mills, November 15; expedition to Blue's Gap, January 6 
and 7, 1862; fight at Blue's Gap, January 7. In Third 
Brigade, Lander's division. Army of the Potomac, at 
Hampton's Heights and Pawpaw Tunnel, until March. 
Transferred to Third Brigade. Shields's division, in March. 
Advanced on Winchester, March 7 to 15. In battle of 
Winchester, March 22 and 23. Transferred to Third Bri- 
gade, First Division. Department of Rappahannock, April 
I. Monterey, April 12; New Market, April 17; McDow- 
ell, May 8; March to Fredericksburg, May 12 to 21; 
march to Port Republic, May 25. In battle of Port Repub- 
lic, June 8 and 9. Transferred to Second Brigade, Third 
Division, Second Corps, Army of Virginia. At Alexan- 
dria until July. 

Mustered out with band at Washington. July 5, 1862. 
Reentered service as leader of the band for Second Brigade, 
Third Division, Twenty-third Army Corps. Army of Ohio, 
September 16, 1864. Joined brigade at Rome, Georgia, on 
movement to Pulaski. Tennessee, via Chattanooga and 
Nashville. Through Nashville campaign. November and 
December. 1864; Columbia to Duck River, November 24 
to 28; Springhill. November 29; Franklin, November 30; 
occupation of Nashville during Hood's investment. Decem- 
ber I to 14; battle of Nashville. December 15. 16; pursuit 
of Hood to the Tennessee River. Movement from Clifton. 
Tennessee, via Tennessee River and Ohio River to Louis- 
ville. Kentucky, through the Northern States to Fortress 
Monroe, Virginia, by steamer to Fort Fisher, North Caro- 



382 se;ve;nth regiment ohio voeunteer ineantry 

lina, January 16 to February 9, 1865. Capture of Fort 
Anderson, February 18; of old Town Creek, February 20. 
Capture of Wilmington, February 22. Forced march to 
Kingston, March i to 14; Wise Forks, March 8 to 10; 
Kingston, March 14. Capture of Goldsboro, March 21; 
Bennett's house, April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his 
army at Greensboro, North Carolina, March 11 to 20. 
Duty at Greensboro until June. Discharged at Greensboro, 
June 9, 1865, General Order No. 11, A. G. O. 

Since the war he has been engaged more or less in the 
manufacturing business, and at the present time is the head 
of the Coe Manufacturing Company at Painesville, Ohio. 




DRUM MAJOR JOSHUA L. WOODAKD 




< \ 



SERGEANT MARTIN V. CLARK 
(Private Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — Sergt. Hth Jiul. Bat. O. L. A.) 



MARTIN VAN BUREN CLARK. 

Martin \'an Buren Clark, son of David and Xiincna 
Roberts) Clark, was born April 28, 1840, on a farm near 
'arma, Cuyahoj^a Connty. Ohio. He was educated in the 
Hstrict schools and at Baldwin University. Ohio. 

He enlisted June 20, 1861, in Company C. Seventh Regi- 
nent O. V. I., going to camp and front in Virginia with the 
eginient. Transferred to the band August 9, 1861, and 
sas discharged by order of the Adjutant-General, U. S. A., 
'ischarging all regimental bands July 5, 1862. 

Reenlisted at Cleveland, Ohio. August. 1864, as a private 
II the Eighth Independent Battery Light Artillery, O. N. 
I., and was called into the service of the United States and 
tationed at Johnson's Island. Ohio, to repel a threatened 
ivasion from Canada. Discharged as corporal gunner 
)ctober 17, 1864. and was appointed as a sergeant later in 
he same battery. 

He participated wliile in the .Seventh Regiment in the 
attle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, and Winchester. Virginia. 

He married Mary D. Henry at Parma. Ohio. July 4. 
865. and they have four daughters. Alice. Mamie, Edith, 
nd Ruth. He graduated from the College of Pharmacy, 
'•aidwin L^niversity, in the year 1867, with degree of M. B. 
le graduated in medicine from the Western Reserve Uni- 
ersity, Cleveland. Ohio, in the year 1869. with the degree 
f M. D. antl emigrated to Sutton. Nebraska, as a pioneer 
ruggist June r. 1872. Since the war he has been a profes- 

T of colleges, physician and surgeon, member of the G. 
R. and Masonic bodies. 



COMPANY A. 



JOSEPH B. MOLYNEAUX. j 

Capt. Joseph B. Molyneaux was born on his father's farm 
near Ann Arbor, Michigan, January i, 1840. By reason of 
the death of his mother in 1844 his father disposed of his 
farm and removed with his children to Ehnira, New York. 
He had Httle opportunity to attend school, being employed 
in providing for that support which ought to be guaranteed 
to every child. 

In 1852 he was a dispatch messenger on the New York 
& Erie Railroad, operating between New York City and 
Dunkirk. He spent one year with Professor Lowe (after- 
ward the famous army aeronaut), who was giving magical 
performances about the country. Leaving the Professor at 
Bellville, Ohio, he became acquainted with Dr. Whitcomb, 
who was desirous of adopting him and educating him as a 
physician. The position of a "bound boy" being repugnant 
to his nature, he left the Doctor and went to Cleveland, 
Ohio, where in October, 1855. he set about learning the 
printer's trade in the office of Weeks & Williston, and was 1 
with them and the old Herald until the breaking out of the 
civil war. ; 

On April 17, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Sprague j 
Zouaves, which afterward became Company B, Seventh j 
Regiment O. V. L, for the first three months' service. He '. 
was appointed as sergeant and drill-master of his company, ; 
and upon reaching Camp Dennison was made drill-master of 
the non-commissioned officers of the regiment. 

Upon the reorganization of the regiment for three years 
service, he was unanimously elected first lieutenant of his I 
company, and served as such officer until after the battle of ; 
Cross Lanes, when he was detached and assigned to thei' 
command of Company E. In October, 1861, he was re 




CAPTAIN JOSEPH H MOLYNF.AUX 
Mai-I. Co. A, 7th (>. V. 1.— Cupt. Co. K. Ijdtl, U. V. I.) 



COMPANY A 385 

li:^vetl and assigned to the command of a company in the 
First Kentucky Infantry, wlien he was placed in command 
of an expechtion to recover a herd of cattle from rebel guer- 
rillas in the mountains across the Kanawha River, and was 
successful. lie then returned to the command of Company 
E. which he held until February i, 1862, when he was ap- 
pointed adjutant of the regiment. Accepted an invitation 
of General Lander to accompany him as an acting aide-de- 
camp on a raid on Bloomery Furnace. On the death of 
General Lander, he commanded the escort to the body. By 
order of General McClellan, he was detached on special duty 
to gather convalescents from the hospitals at Alexandria. 
Virginia, and vicinity, and return them to their respective 
regiments. About October i, 1862, he was detached as 
inspecting officer on the staff of General Geary to inspect 
General Crawford's division on Maryland Heights. After 
repeatedly waiving rank, was promoted to captain, to take 
(late and rank September i, 18O2, and assigned to Company 
A. Seventh O. V. I. 

He participated in every battle and skirmish in which the 
regiment was engaged until February 12, 1863, when, by 
reason of disability arising from wounds in the head, 
shoulder and leg, together with sunstroke, he was obliged to 
resign. After returning home his recovery was rapid, and 
on May 2. i8'')4. he again entered the service as captain of 
Company E, One Hundred and Fiftieth O. V. I. This regi- 
ment was ordered to Washington, D. C, and Captain Moly- 
neaux was assigned to the command of Fort Thayer, and 
took part in the repulse of General Early's attack on the 
capital, July 11 and 12, 1864. At the expiration of this 
term of service he returned with his regiment to Cleveland, 
Ohio, and was mustered out August 23, 1864. 

On again returning to civil pursuits, he arranged a part- 
nership with G. S. Xewcomb. and engaged in the printing 
and printers' supply business, in which he continued until 
January, 1883, when he received the appointment of deputy 
county recorder. This oflice he filled until June i, 1886, 

25 



386 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

when he was appointed assistant postmaster, serving until 
relieved by the new administration in May, 1891. In May, 
1892, he was appointed as member of the Board of Equali- 
zation and Assessment for the city of Cleveland, on which 
board he served about seven years. He then established a 
manufacturing business, and in June, 1902, he was ap- 
pointed by the State Board as a member of the City Board 
of Review, for the term of three years, and in June, 1905, 
was reappointed for the term of five years. 

On May 26, 1863, he was married to Henrietta A. Lyon, 
and his children are William V., Robert T., and Raymond 
L. He is a veteran member of Iris Lodge F. & A. M., 
Webb Chapter R. A. M., Army and Navy Post G. A. R., 
Ohio Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion, 
secretary of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monument Commission, and member of the National 
Union, 




CAPTAIN WILLIAM A. HOWE 



WILLLVM A. HOWE. 

Capt. William A. Howe was born in the city of Cleveland. 
Ohio. March 4, 1839, and educated in the public and high 
schools of his native city. In the year 1852 he entered the 
employ of S. Sar^eant as an apprentice to learn the art of 
picture-frame gilding and mounting, continuing in his 
employ until the firing on Fort Sumter, when he enlisted, 
.\pril 17. 1 86 1, as a private in the service of the United 
States for a period of three months, in what was known as 
the Cleveland Light Guards Zouaves, and later as Company 
.\, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. Promoted to corporal. April 
30, 1861. Reenlisted June 19. 1861. for a period of three 
years, and was rapidly promoted to the position of captain 
for gallant and meritorious service in the face of the enemy, 
and was mustered out with his regiment, July 6. 1864, on 
account of the expiration of its term of service. 

He participated in the following battles during the war : 
Cross Lanes, Virginia. August 26. 1861 ; Winchester, Vir- 
ginia. March 23. 1862; Port Republic. Virginia. June 9. 
1862; Cedar Mountain. Virginia. .August 9, 1862; Second 
Bull Run campaign. August and September, 1862: Antie- 
tam. Maryland, September 17. 1862; Dumfries, Virginia. 
December 27. 1862; Chanccllorsville, Va., May i. 2 and 3, 
1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 1863; 
Dalton. Georgia. May 8. 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia. 
May II. 1864; Resaca. Georgia, May 13 to 15, 1864. and 
Dallas, or New Hope Church. Georgia. May 26, 1864. 

He was in command of the picket guard when Lookout 
.Mountain, Tennessee, was stormed, November 24. 1863. 
and tried to get relieved to join the storming party, but was 
unable to get the necessary permission from his superior 
officers. He was always known as a brave and capable offi- 
cer while in the service and was beloved by the men serving 
under him. 



388 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

After his regiment was mustered out of the service he 
entered the employ of J. W. Sargeant, remaining with him 
until the year 1878, when he opened a store for himself, con- 
tinuing in the same line of business. In the year 1895 he in- 
corporated The W. A. Howe Company for the purpose of 
general finishers to printers and lithographers, and became 
its president, retaining that office to the present time. 

January 17, 1866, he married Miss Rachel Sage. Four 
children were born to them, three sons and one daughter, of 
whom Mrs. Elizabeth R. Farrand is the sole survivor. 

He is a member of the following organizations and socie- 
ties : Euclid Avenue Baptist Church ; Masonic bodies, of 
which he is a 32d degree Mason ; charter member of Me- 
morial and Army and Navy Posts, G. A. R. ; Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion ; Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Monument Commission; Cleveland Chamber of 
Commerce ; vice-president of the Society of the Army of the 
Potomac; Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry As- 
sociation and its auxiliary, the Rooster Club. 

In all of the above societies and organizations he has al- 
ways been an active member, his good sense and experience 
in army life and business affairs qualifying him to be a valu- 
able counsellor. "Long may he live, may his shadow never 
grow less," is what every old Seventh "boy" wishes him 
from the bottom of his heart. 




CAPTAIN GEORGE A. McKAY 



GEORGE A. McKAY. 

Capt. George A. McKay was born at Oswego, N. Y., 
June 1 6. 1 84 1. He was eclucatecl in the grammar and high 
schools, and also took a special collegiate course. Im- 
mediately thereafter he entered the service of what is now 
the Big Four and L. S. and M. S. Railway, and continued in 
their employ until the breaking out of the war of the re- 
bellion in 1 86 1, when, being a private in the Cleveland Light 
Guard Zouaves, he enlisted in what afterward became Com- 
pany A. Seventh Regiment O. V. I., for three months, and 
was appointed second sergeant. Reenlisted for three years 
at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and was promoted to orderly ser- 
geant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain in that 
regiment, and was transferred to the staff as assistant in- 
spector-general, serving in that capacity until his muster out 
of the service. 

He participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, 
Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run campaign, 
Dumfries and Chancellorsville. Virginia ; Antietam. Mary- 
land ; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ; Lookout Mountain and 
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Georgia, and 
was wounded nine times in six of the engagements. He 
was in every engagement, skirmish and march of the regi- 
ment until dangerously wounded through both legs at Ring- 
gold, Georgia. He was the bearer of the order that took the 
First Brigade. Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps in the 
unfortunate charge on Taylor's Ridge. Col. W. R. Creigh- 
ton, commanding the brigade, notified him that as he had 
delivered the order he would have to see it executed. He 
did so. and was wounded as stated above. Creighton, turn- 
ing to his brigade said, "I expect to see you roosters walk 
right over that ridge," and was answered by Captain E. H. 
Bohm, commanding Company L "Colonel, we can but try." 
They tried, but failed, although they did all that brave men 
could do to succeed. 



390 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INEANTRY 

McKay was mustered out of the service at the expiration 
of his second term of enHstment July 6, 1864, although 
unable to walk on account of his wounds. When they were 
healed sufficiently so as to perform any work he reentered 
the service of the railways he had been employed with at the 
breaking out of the war, and continued in their service, cov- 
ering a period of nearly thirty years all told. Since March 
5, 1890, he has been employed in the United States Custom 
Service. 

December 20, 1865, he married Miss Margaret A. Creech. 
Five children were born to them of whom three are living — 
Addison Hills, Edward Creighton, and John Howard 
McKay. 

He was considered by his comrades as a thoroughly 
brave, energetic, and capable officer and soldier. 




LIEUTENANT DVVIGHT H. BROWN 




LIEUTENANT JEREMIAH G. CLAFLIN 
(.1st Seigt. Co. A, 7th O. V. I. — 2d Lieut. Co. B, IVTtli O. V. 1.) 



JEREMIAH GETCHEL CLAFLIN. 

Jeremiah Getchel Claflin was born at Thompsonville, 
Connecticut. August 3, 1831. Soon after his birth his 
parents removed to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he 
was educated in the common schools of that city. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebelhon he was 
Hving in Cleveland, Ohio. After the firing on Fort Sumter 
he enlisted April 17, 1861, in the Cleveland Light Guard 
Zouaves for three months. This company became Com- 
pany A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., after being mustered 
into the service of the United States. 

He reenlisted June 19, 1861, for a period of three years 
and was appointed fourth sergeant on account of good sol- 
dierly conduct; afterward appointed first sergeant on ac- 
count of bravery in action. 

He participated in the following battles with his regiment : 
Cross Lanes. West Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester. 
Virginia, March 23, 1862; Port Republic. Virginia, 
June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9. 
1862; Antietam, Maryland, September 17, 1862 — severely 
wounded in the shin in the latter named battle; Dumfries, 
Virginia, December 27, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, 
May I, 2, and 3. 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 
2, and 3. 1863 (wounded) ; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, 
November 24, 1863; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, Novem- 
ber 25, 1863; Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863; 
Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May 5 to 9, 1864; Resaca. 
Georgia, May 15. 1864; Dallas. Georgia, May 25 to 29. 
1864. 

Mustered out with his regiment on account of expiration 
of term of service July 6. 1864. Reenlisted August, 1864, 
in Company B. One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Regiment 
O. V. L. as a private, and was rapidly promoted to the posi- 
tion of second lieutenant. He participated with this regi- 
ment in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; joined the 



392 SEVEINTH RKGIME)NT OHIO VOLUNTeJEJR INI^ANTRY 

Twenty-third Army Corps at Clifton, Tennessee, and moved 
with it to North CaroHna, arriving at Fort Fisher, February 
7, 1865, participating in the taking of Fort Anderson, N. C, 
and battle of Town Creek; from thence moving to Wil- 
mington, N. C, where his corps was joined by the army of 
Gen. W. T. Sherman. Then the united armies moved on 
Raleigh, North Carolina, forcing Gen. Jos. E. Johnston to 
surrender. 

Mustered out with his regiment at Greensboro, North 
Carolina, June 24, 1865. 

He married Mary Frances Pierce, October 3, 1864, and 
two children were born to them, of whom George O. Claflin 
is the sole survivor. 

Since the war he has been employed as a machinist until 
the year 1894, when he was appointed custodian of the Sol- 
diers' and Sailors' Monument at Cleveland, Ohio, and is 
employed in that capacity at the present time. When work- 
ing at his trade he was employed by the following leading 
firms of this city : Lord, Bowler & Co., Cleveland Ship 
Building Company, and Cummer Engine Company, all of 
Cleveland, Ohio, and was considered by them a first-class 
mechanic. 




SERGEANT CARLOS A. SMITH 




LEWIS AUSTIN 



LEWIS AUSTIN. 

Lewis Austin was born in England in the year 1838. His 
ailier removed to the United States when Lewis was four 
ears old. He was educated in the common schools, and 
iiitil he was twenty-one years of age he worked on his 
ather's farm. He was one of the young men who had the 
^old fever, and started for Pike's Peak, Colorado. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion after the 
iring on Fort Sumter, he enlisted, April 17, 1 861, as a pri- 
ate in the Cleveland Light Guard Zouaves, which company 
vhen mustered into the service of the United States became 
"ompany A, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. He participated 
n the battles of Cross Lanes, Virginia; Winchester, Vir- 
i^inia; Port Republic, and numerous battles and skirmishes 
luring the war. 

He was discharged from the service of the United States, 
February 16, 1863, by order War Department. 

Austin was utilized as a scout while in the service, and 
^vas highly recommended by his superior officers for cool- 
less and courage in the face of the enemy. 

After the war he was engaged in farming with his father 
until the year 1872, when he removed to Iowa, engaging in 
the same business. 

His present residence is Dumont, Iowa. 



SAMUEL SWEET. 

Samuel Sweet was born at Bristol, England, October 7, 
1841. In the year 1855 his parents emigrated to Cleveland, 1 
Ohio. He was educated in the common schools in England i 
and the United States. 

At the first firing on Fort Sumter at the breaking out of > 
the war of the rebellion he enlisted as a private in the Cleve- 
land Light Guard Zouaves for three months. When mus- 1 
tered into the service of the United States this company be- 1 
came Company A, Seventh Regiment O. V. L He reen- : 
listed in the three years' service, June 19, 1861, and was 
promoted to corporal for soldierly conduct. 

He participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Virginia, 
August 26, 1 86 1, and Winchester, Virginia, March 23. 
1862, and in numerous skirmishes and marches. At the 
battle of Winchester he was wounded severely through the 
right lung, and was discharged on surgeon's certificate of 
disability, October 20, 1862. 

He married Miss Regina Huber, January 9, 1865, at 
Cleveland, Ohio, and they had three children, one son and 
two daughters. Since the war he has been employed in the 
manufacture of butter tubs at Falconer, New York, and in 
a grocery store at Jamestown, New York. He resides at 
present in Jamestown. 

He was a thoroughly brave and patriotic soldier. 



(394) 




CORPORAL SAMUEL SWEET 




FRANK ROCKEFELLER 



FR AXK ROCKEFELLER. 

Frank Rockefeller was born at Moravia. New York, in 
1845. He was educated in the Cleveland schools, and has 
resided in Cleveland ever since 1853. At the breaking out 
of the rebellion he was too young to be accepted as a re- 
cruit by the United States Government, although lie tried 
repeatedly to enlist but was refused by the recruiting offi- 
cers. 

After the Battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 
1861, he joined as a recruit in the month of September, 
having been sworn in, giving his age as eighteen, when in 
reality he was only sixteen. He was assigned to Company 
A. Seventh Regim'ent O. V. L, at Gauley Bridge, Virginia. 

He participated in the battles of Winchester, Port Re- 
l)ublic. Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, where he was 
wounded by a grape shot in the head ; Gettysburg, Look- 
out Mountain, and various other battles, including Sher- 
man's march to Atlanta. He w^as honorably discharged 
from the service at the expiration of his enlistment in 1864. 

Afterward he engaged in various commercial pursuits, 
and in the eighties sold out his oil refining business to the 
Standard Oil Company and became vice-president of that 
company, w^hich position he held for a good many years. 
Leaving them, he engaged in other enterprises in Cleve- 
land, where he is now located. 

For a great many years he has been largely interested in 
Western ranching and properties and is still so engaged. 
He married Miss Helen E. Scofield, a daughter of W. C. 
Scofield, one of Cleveland's most prosperous manufac- 
turers. They have three daughters living — Misses Alice. 
Anna and Helen. 

Mr. Rockefeller was a good soldier and in all of his 
commercial pursuits and citizenship has ranked among our 
foremost men. 

(395) 



CHARLES H. SMITH. 

Charles H. Smith was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, 
November 23, 1837. Was educated in common and private 
schools and graduated from the Ohio State Law College. 

April 15, 1 86 1, at Cleveland, he volunteered as a private 1 
in Company A, Seventh Ohio Infantry. In the following^ 
July aided in raising Company G, Twenty-seventh Ohioi 
Infantry. Promoted to sergeant, August 14, 1861 ; orderly- 
sergeant. May 12, 1862. For meritorious conduct in battle I 
of Corinth, October 4, 1862, in leading a charge and capture 
of the enemy's flag was commissioned second lieutenant, 
November 2, 1862; first lieutenant, May 9, 1864; captain, 
November 3, 1864; major. May 31, 1865. 

Marched and in battle to Lexington, Springfield, Sedalia, 
St. Louis, siege and capture of New Madrid, Island Ten, 
Tiptonville, expedition to Fort Pillow, siege and capture of 
Corinth, battle of luka, second battle of Corinth, campaigns 
through Cherokee Valley, central Mississippi, Parker's 
Cross-Roads, Chattanooga, capture of Decatur. Atlanta i 
campaign — Resaca, Dallas, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, 
charge at Nick-o-Jack Creek, battles around Atlanta, march 
through Georgia, siege of Savannah. Through the Caro- 
linas — battles of Beaufort, Pocotaligo, Whippy Swamp, 
Rivers Bridge, North and South Edesto Rivers, Haywards, 
Columbia, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Goldsboro, Raleigh. 
Was in command of the skirmish line in every battle in 
which the regiment was engaged. Marched through Vir- 
ginia — Richmond, Fredericksburg to Washington, com- 
manding regiment in grand review. 

Discharged at Camp Dennison, July 20, 1865, after four 
years and three months' continuous service. 

Major Smith was married November 26, 1868, to Louisa 
E. Johnson. Their children were one son and three daugh- 
ters. 




MAJOR CHARLES H. SMITH 
(Private Co. A, Ttli O. V. I. — ^.Major ^Tth O. V. I.) 




CHARLES A. KELLER 



Insert between 398-359 




DAVID B. LAWRENCE 
(Died Auffust -jr.tli. IsiKi.t 




FREDERICK W. BRAND 



COMPANY A 397 

From 1866 he was a merchant at 170 Ontario street and 
\oo(lIan(l avenue. Is now a member of the Loyal Leg-ion. 
\rmy of the Tennessee, life president of Fuller's Ohio 
'rigade. and 32(1 degree Mason. Resides in Cleveland, 
Ihio. 



COMPANY B. 



MERVIN CLARK. 

Capt. Mervin Clark was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Novem- 
ber 5, 1843. When but three years of age his mother died, 
and at the age of nine his father crossed the river and 
camped on the other shore, leaving him an orphan. He was 
taken into the family of Henry W. Clark, an uncle, where he 
had all the benefits of a home and kind friends. He was 
educated in the common schools of his native city. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he en- 
listed as a private in the Sprague Zouave Cadets, April 22, 
1 86 1. When this company was mustered into the service 
of the United States it was assigned to the Seventh Regi- 
ment O. V. I. as Company B, its term of service being for 
three months. He reenlisted June 19, 1861, for a period of 
three years. He was rapidly promoted to the position of 
captain for meritorious service in the face of the enemy, 
and was mustered out with his regiment on the expiration 
of its term of service July 6, 1864. 

He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes, 
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia, March 
23, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862; 
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettys- 
burg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 1863; Lookout Moun- 
tain, Tennessee, November 24, 1863; Missionary Ridge, 
Tennessee, November 25, 1863; Ringgold, Georgia, No- 
vember 2y, 1863; Dalton, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Rocky 
Face Ridge, Georgia, May 11, 1864; Resaca. Georgia, May 
15, 1864, and New Hope Church, or Dallas, Georgia, May 
25, 1864. 

He returned to Cleveland, Ohio, after his muster out of 
the service. Before he had been home many weeks he en- 
listed as a private in the Regular Army. Governor Brough 




LIEUTENANT COLONEL MEKVIN CLARK 



(Capt. Co. H, 7th O. V. I. — Lieut. Col. lrt:id O. V. L 
— Killed at Battle of Franklin. T.-nn., Nov. ;tOtli. 1864.) 



COMPANY B 399 

lad already selected him for promotion, and upon learning 
)f this escapade procured an order for his discharge, and 
ippointed him lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred and 
Cighty-third Regiment O. V. I.. November 12, 1864. 
Three days later he left for the front. His regiment joined 
he army of General Thomas on its retreat before the rebel 
orces under General Hood. 

On Xovcmber 30, 1864. his regiment became engaged in 
he terrible battle of Franklin, Tennessee. The color-bearer 
laving been shot down, Clark seized the colors, calling to his 
nen. "Who will follow me to take these works?" rushed 
forward, scaled the parapet of the works and fell dead, a 
)ullet having passed through his head. Every effort was 
;nade to carry his body from the field, but it was impossible, 
and the boy officer was wrapped in his blanket and buried 
on the field of his fame — 

"No useless coffin enclosed his breast, 
Nor in sheet or shroud we wound him, 

But he lay like a warrior taking his rest 
With his martial cloak around him." 

He was a brave soldier, none better. Afterward his 
body was removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and interred in 
Woodland Cemetery. 

Requicscat in pace. 



E. H. BOHM. 

E. H. Bohm was born February 7, 1837, at Altstedt 
Germany, son of a judicial officer of the Grand Duchy 
Saxe Weimar. Received schooHng at a private boarding 
school and at the gymnasium at Weimar, the capital city 
His father, Judge Bernhard Bohm, having after severa 
years of cogitation resolved to emigrate to the Unite( 
States, the family landed at New York on August 28, 1851 
thence coming to Cleveland, Ohio, where the years wer 
spent on a near-by farm and in the employ of the Clevelan( 
& Toledo Railroad Company. Enlisted at Cleveland, Ohio 
on April 18, 1861, in the "National Guards," an infantr 
company then being recruited by old Capt. Geo. Arnold, t 
few days later went into another company under Capt. J. J 
Wiseman, which company later became Company K, Sev 
enth Regiment O. V. I. 

In May, 1861, upon the reorganization of that regimen 
for three years, reenlisted, and was made a sergeant, having 
refused to be a candidate for the second lieutenancy. En 
tered West Virginia July 23, 1861, and two months later 
on August 20, 1 86 1, was made a prisoner of war on a recon 
naissance into the enemy's country, declining to leave hi 
mortally wounded Captain, John F. Schuette, who hai 
been shot through the body. The next and first thre 
weeks of his life as prisoner of war were spent at Whit 
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, very pleasantly, due to ; 
great liking Colonel Croghan of the First Virginia Cavalry 
C. S. A., had taken to him. The trip to Richmond, Vir 
ginia, was equally pleasant; but the confinement at Libb; 
Prison was the opening of the portals of hell. Next came ; 
stay from about October 22, 1861, to February 6, 1862, a 
the Parish Prison at New Orleans, Louisiana. A ten days 
trip, starting that day, ended at Salisbury, N. C, wher 
things were fairly bearable. Many episodes transpired her 
that would be good stories, but no space here to tell them. 




FIRST LIEUTENANT EDWARD H. BOHM 
(Died May Ttli, 190(i.) 



COMPANY B 401 

On May -'4. iSr>_'. with alwiit 300 more Yankee prisoners 
vere under parole delivered to the United States authorities 
it Little Washington. North Carolina, and transported to 
\'e\vbcm. North Carolina, and thence to New York. He 
eturned to Cleveland about June 7, 1862. Late in July, 
862, he was ordered to Columbus and there under authority 
rem the military commander, Capt. A. B. Dodd, Fifteenth 
nfantry, U. S., organized the provost-guards, remain- 
ng in command till March. 1863. On January 5, 1863, com- 
nissioned as second lieutenant. Company D, in which ca- 
)acity he returned to the regiment on March 17, 1863. and 
)y order of Colonel Creighton assumed command of Com- 
)any D. With it he passed through the battles of Chancel- 
orsville, Virginia, ]\Iay i, 2, 3, Company D having the 
leaviest losses of any company in the regiment. In the bat- 
le of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, 3, 1863, Company 
3 had the only man in the whole regiment killed, viz : Corp. 
rhas. Carroll. Went to Governors Island, New York, in 
luly. 1863, in consequence of draft riots. West to Tennes- 
see in October. Participated in battles of Lookout Moun- 
ain. Missionary Ridge. Ringgold. Georgia, November 27, 
.vhere he was wounded in upper left arm. On January 7, 
1864, commissioned first lieutenant Company B, to date 
■rem November, 1863. On return to regiment (from treat- 
iient for wound) was assigned to command of Company I, 
.vith which he participated in engagements of Rocky Face 
Ridge, Georgia, May 3; Resaca, May 16-17; New Hope 
Church, May 27, where two men of Company I were killed. 
In June sent home with regiment, and with it mustered out 
fuly 7, 1864. After that quite active in politics. April, 
1870, elected member Board of Education for Fifteenth 
vard. city of Cleveland, serving three years. September 
5. nominated, and in November, 1870. elected County Re- 
:order. March 30, 1876, nominated, and in November 
.'lected Presidential clector-at-large (Hayes' campaign). In 
October, 1879, elected justice of the peace. In September, 
26 



402 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

1882, renominated as such but defeated in an election land- 
slide. Again nominated and elected as justice in 1885, '88^ 
'91, '94, '97, 1900, 1903, and 1905. Originated or actively 
participated in a number of civic and social affairs in Cleve- 
land, as well as in all movements for public honesty anc 
good government. 




FIRST SERGEANT LEVI F. BAUDER 



LEVI F. BAUDER. 

Levi F. Bander was born in Cleveland, Jannary 28, 1840, 
kI gradnated from Central High School in 1858; snbse- 

lently attended Port Royal Academy, Virginia, and Ober- 
n College. At the ontbrcak of the civil war he enlisted in 
le Sprague Cadets, which was mustered in as Company B, 
eventh O. V. L He reenlisted at Camp Dennison, June 
D, 1861. for three years and served until the regiment was 
lustered out, July 6, 1864. He was continuously in service, 
as never disabled by serious wounds or sickness, and never 
ad a furlough. He participated in all the engagements in 
•hich the regiment took part, except Dumfries, Ringgold, 
nd Dallas, at which times he was on duty elsewhere. He 
as promoted to sergeant June 20. 1861, and was detailed 
lUgust I. 1862, as ordnance sergeant of the regiment; was 
lade brigade ordnance sergeant and, subsequently, division 
rdnance sergeant. He was promoted to first sergeant in 
•eptember, 1863, and served as such until the end of his 
ivm of service. 

After the war Bander became a railroad clerk, and subse- 
uently bookkeeper for the Jackson Iron Company. In 1877 
e was elected auditor of Cuyahoga County, and served 
s such six years, after which he was elected a justice of the 
'cace of Cleveland and served fifteen years. He was ad- 
nitted to the bar in 1891. and is now a practicing attorney, 
nd is a well-known expert in matters of disputed hand- 
vriting. He was a member of the Cleveland Public Library 
joard for five years and for many years was a curator of 
he Western Reserve Historical Society. He is a member 
)f Memorial Post No, 141, G. A. R., was secretary of the 
aiyahoga County Soldiers' Monument Commission, and is 
•ecretary of the Seventh O. V. I. Regimental Association. 
ie was married in 1864 to Elisabeth E. Page, daughter of 
jen. C. W. Page, of Clyde, Ohio. They had six children, 



404 se;venth r^gime;nt ohio voluntkeir ini^antry 



of whom five survive. One of them, Capt. Walter S. Bail 
der, died from disease contracted during the Spanish-Amei 
ican war. 

He was known by his comrades as a brave and energeti 
soldier, who could be depended on at all times and plaa 
to do his duty as it should be done. He would have bee 
commissioned as an officer if it had not been for the paucit 
in numbers of the regiment during its last eight months c 
service in the field. No soldier being promoted during thi 
time by the Governor of the State of Ohio. 




SERGEANT JOSEPH TROTIER 




SERGEANT GUSTAV SCHMIDT 



GUSTAV SCHMIDT. 

Gustav Schmidt was born at Kichheim, Germany, in the 
vear 1841. He was cckicated in the common schools and 
iiad also a collegiate education. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he enlisted 
as a private in the Sprague Cadets, April 22, 1861, which 
was mustered into the service of the United States as Com- 
pany B, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., for a period of three 
months. He reenlisted June 20, 1861, in the same com- 
)any for three years. He was appointed sergeant for brave 
md meritorious service in the face of the enemy. 

He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes, 
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia, March 
23, 1862; Port Republic, Virginia, June 9, 1862; Cedar 
Mountain. Virginia, August 9, 1862; Antietam, Maryland, 
September 17, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, 
and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 
1863; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 24, 1863; 
Missionary Ridge. Tennessee, November 25, 1863; Ring- 
gold, Georgia, November 27, 1863; Dalton, Georgia, May 
S. 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May 11, 1864; Re- 
saca, Georgia, May 13 to 15, 1864, and Dallas, or New 
Hope Church, Georgia, May 26, 1864. He was mustered 
out with his regiment on account of the expiration of its 
term of service, July 6, 1864. 

He was married to Miss Elizabeth Assmus in the year 
1868, at Cleveland, Ohio, and they had four children — three 
lx)ys and one girl. After the war he studied law and was 
admitted to the bar. He entered into partnership as an at- 
lorney-at-law with the Hon. Jacob Mueller, afterward the 
Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Ohio. 

He became mayor of the city of West Cleveland. Ohio, 
and died January 22. 1903. 

He was a brave and patriotic soldier and a thoroughly 
good-hearted man. 



JOSEPH M. GASSER. 

Joseph M. Gasser was born in Switzerland in the yeai 
1842. His parents removed to Cleveland, Ohio, when h( 
was a child, arriving there in the year 1854. He was edu 
cated in the common schools of his native and adopted coun 
try, and through constant reading and application is con 
sidered by his friends as quite a literary man, and as an ex- 
pert in such cases. Since the war he has been a great trav 
eler and experimentalist in botany and horticulture, and ii 
considered as an authority in such matters in all sections 
the United States. He is in every sense of the word a self 
made man. 

On the first firing on Fort Sumter at the breaking out 
the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in the three months' ser 
vice as a private in the Sprague Zouave Cadets. When thi; 
company was mustered into the service of the United State 
it was assigned to the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. as Com 
pany B, retaining that letter during its service in thi 
field. He reenlisted, June 19, 1861, for a period 
three years, and was mustered out of the service at th 
expiration of the term of service of the regiment, July 6 
1864. He participated in the following battles: Cros 
Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia 
March 23, 1862 (wounded severely in the left arm and sid 
in the latter-named battle, being incapacitated for servic 
until June 3, 1863) ; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2 
and 3, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 2^ 
1863; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863 
Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863; Dalton, Georgia 
May 8, 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May 11, 1864 
Resaca, Georgia, May 13 to 15, 1864, and Dallas, or Ne\ 
Hope Church, Georgia, May 26, 1864. 

He was married to Miss Katherine Fox, October 7, 1867 
and they have one daughter, Mrs. Rose Pettee. 

In the year 1872 he made his first business venture on hi 




JOSEPH M. GASSER 




JACOB E. HIME 



COMPANY B 407 

own responsibility, opening a stationery and candy store, 
which he carried on for six years, gradually drifting into 
that of a florist, to which he has devoted his entire attention 
for more than a quarter of a century. By careful methods 
and perseverance the business was developed and the range 
of operations extended until the enterprise became one of the 
most extensive of its kind in the State. 

Gasser during the war was considered as a brave soldier 
and was well liked and esteemed by his comrades. 



THOMAS WALKER. 

Thomas Walker was born in Shropshire, England, June 
II, 1841, and emigrated with his parents in 185 1, and re- 
sided in New Castle, Pennsylvania, until the breaking out of 
the rebellion, when he went to Youngstown, Ohio, and en- 
listed in Capt. W. R. Sterling's Company I, Seventh O. V. 
I., May 29, 1861. June i, he went to Camp Dennison, 
Ohio, and drilled with Company I until June 20, when he 
joined and was mustered into Company B. 

He was with his company through all its marches and 
fights until May, 1862. May 22, he was detailed to take 
some sick comrades from New Market, Virginia, to Win- 
chester, to be sent from there to the hospitals at W^ashing- 
ton, D. C. May 24, he with the rest of his party were cap- 
tured by the rebels near Middletown, and was a prisoner at 
Lynchburg, Virginia, until about July 20, when he with 
others was transferred to Belle Isle, near Richmond, Vir- 
ginia. September 15, he was paroled and sent to Camp 
Parole at Alexandria, Virginia. 

He joined his company at Harper's Ferry in November 
and was with them until February 14, 1863, when he was 
sent to Washington, as he was unfit for duty on account of 
deafness, contracted while in line of duty. He was dis- 
charged at Trinity General Hospital, Washington, D. C, 
February 28, 1863. He reenlisted, July 19, 1864, in Capt. 
J. C. Euwer's Company E, One Hundred and Ninety-third 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days, 
and received a final discharge at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 
November 9, 1864. 

After leaving the army he worked at Alexander Scofield 
& Co.'s oil refinery, Cleveland, Ohio, until November, 1865, 
when he worked for Thomas W. Phillips in New Castle, 
Pennsylvania. In 1870 he went to work as fireman for the 
Sharon Iron Co., Sharon, Pennsylvania, at their blast fur- 
nace. August, 1876, he took the entire management of the 




THOMAS WALKER 




GEORGE L. QUAYLE 



rtween pages 410-411 




EDWARD E. STEBBINS 



nen iio-iii 




JOHN D. JONES 



COMPANY B 409 

blast furnace and was very successful. He worked for the 
Sharon Iron Company until they sold out to the United 
States Steel Corporation in 1900, a period of thirty years. 
In June. 1900, he went to work for the Aschman Steel Cast- 
ings Co. as core boss. In 1901 he was put on as private 
watchman, and occupies that position at this writing, 1906. 
He was married to Maria P. Kelty. July 15, 1868, by 
whom he has had one son and three daugliters. 



COMPANY C. 



GILES W. SHURTLEFF. 

Capt. Giles W. Shurtleff was born in the year 1831. He 
received a fine collegiate education and was a cultured gen- 
tleman in every sense of the word. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he was a 
tutor of Oberlin College. After the firing on Fort Sumter 
a company consisting wholly of students of the college was 
formed, and he was elected captain, April 22, 1861, the en- 
listment being for three months. On being mustered into 
the service of the United States it was assigned to the 
Seventh Regiment O. V. L, as Company C. June 
19 it reenlisted for three years. The regiment was 
transferred to West Virginia, where it had several skir- 
mishes with the enemy previous to the battle of Cross Lanes, 
Virginia, August 26, 1861, where the regiment was defeated 
with severe loss, and Captain Shurtleff captured. He was 
exchanged and returned to his regiment October 7, 1862. 
He was detached therefrom on the staff of General Wilcox 
until March 18, 1863, when he resigned on account of ill- 
ness, but recovering his health he again entered the service 
as lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth U. S. C. T. 

He was promoted to colonel September 29, 1864, and 
brigadier-general U. S. V. March 15, 1865. He resigned 
at the close of the war, June 12, 1865. 

Through strict discipline and kindness combined, the 
Fifth became one of the best colored regiments in the ser- 
vice. This regiment, then a part of the Army of the James, 
captured a fort the first day of the long siege of Petersburg, 
where it lay in trenches for many months, the danger being 
great and constant from the mortar shells, cannon balls, and 
rifle shots. Later the Fifth was ordered to the north bank 
of the James, and shared in attacks on the defenses of Rich- 




BRIGADIER GENERAL GILES W. SHURTLIFF 



(Ciipt. Co. C, Tth (). V. I. — Hii},'. Gi'ii. Vols. 
— Dioil M;i.v i;tli, lOol.) 



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mond. The most severe was the battle of New Market 
Heights. The Fifth took by storm at great loss of life an 
outer line of defense from which a regiment in advance had 
just received a bloody repulse. Colonel Shurtleff, boldly 
leading the regiment, sword in hand, fell severely wounded 
in hanil and thigh. For special gallantry in the engagement 
he was brevetted a brigadier-general. 

When the Army of the James made its first trip to cap- 
ture Fort Fisher, under the command of General Butler, the 
Fifth accompanied him. The attempt was a failure and the 
troops reembarked in the face of a great storm. The Col- 
onel did not leave the supervision of embarking to officers 
under him, but personally saw that every enlisted man had 
embarked for the transport before he stepped into the small 
boat that left the shore to battle with the roaring surf. 

General Shurtleff was a brave and gallant ot^cer, worthy 
of the highest encomiums. 

He married Miss Mary E. Burton, at Austinburg, Ohio. 
December 23, 1864, while on furlough after a severe wound 
received in the battle of New Market Heights. Two daugh- 
ters were born to them, Laura E. (who married Mr. S. H. 
Price, of Chicago,) and Mary G., who is unmarried. 

After the close of the war he again entered the faculty of 
Oberlin College, with which he was connected until 1887, 
when he became its treasurer. 

He died May 6, 1904, and was interred in the cemetery 
at Oberlin, Ohio. 

"Blessed are they who die in the Lord." 



LLEWELLYN R. DAVIS. 

Capt. Llewellyn R. Davis was born in Wales. He came 
to Cleveland, Ohio, when quite young, and was educated in 
the common schools in that city. 

When Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, 
issued his call for 75,000 troops at the breaking out of the 
war of the rebellion, he enlisted as a private in the Cleveland 
Light Guard Zouaves, in the three months' service, April 
17, 1 86 1. This company when mustered into the service 
became Company A, Seventh Regiment O. V. L, and he was 
appointed a corporal therein. He reenlisted June 19, 1861, 
for a period of three years. For gallant and meritorious 
service in the face of the enemy he was rapidly promoted 
to the position of captain. 

He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes, 
Virginia, August 26, 1861 (assisting in capturing a flag in 
this battle) ; Winchester, Virginia, March 23, 1862 ; Port 
Republic, June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Au- 
gust 9, 1862; Second Bull Run campaign, August 21 to 
September 2, 1862; Antietam, Maryland, September 17, 
1862; Dumfries, Virginia, December 27, 1862; Chancel- 
lorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 1863; Wauhatchie, Tennes- 
see, October 29, 1863 (wounded seriously in this engage- 
ment) ; Tunnel Hill and Buzzard's Roost, Georgia, May 5 
to 9, 1864; Dug Gap, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Resaca, Geor- 
gia, May 13 to 16, 1864; Cassville, Georgia, May 19 and 20, 
1864; Dallas, Georgia, May 22 to 24, 1864; captured at 
Pumpkin Vine Creek, Georgia, May 25, 1864. When cap- 
tured he was an aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen, John W. 
Geary, and had been for over a year. He was imprisoned 
in Camp Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, Charleston, South 
Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina, until exchanged 
December 29, 1864, He was discharged by order of the 
War Department to date December 19, 1864, 




LIEUTENANT COLONEL LLEWELLYN R. DAVIS 
(Ciipt. Co. C, Ttli O. V. I. — Lieut. Col. 187th O. V. I.) 




LIEUTENANT FRANKLIN PAINE 



(1st Lieut. Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — 1st Lieut. Ohio 
Independent Sharpshooters.) 



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He was commissioned as lieutenant-colonel, One 1 lutidred 
and Eig:lity-seventli Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on recom- 
mendation of Gen. Joseph Hooker, to rank from March 2, 
1865. joined the regiment at Dalton, Georgia, March 16, 
1865. In command of the regiment at Dalton, Georgia, 
ancf Macon, Georgia. March, 1865, to January, 1866. 
Mustered out with his regiment Jaiuiary 26, 1866. 

Colonel Davis is mentioned in the official reports of Gen. 
John W, Geary, upon whose staff he served from August 9, 
"1862. until May 25, 1864, for gallant and meritorious con- 
duct in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg. Wau- 
hatchie. Dug Gap, Resaca and New Hope Church, where he 
was captured by mistaking direction and riding into the 
enemy's line. 



MARTIN M. ANDREWS. 

On the day that Fort Sumter was fired on the subject of 
this sketch celebrated his 22d anniversary. Born on a farm 
near FHnt, Michigan, he was, when the war began, a student 
in OberHn College. President Lincoln's call for volunteers 
was issued April 15. In Oberlin, as everywhere in the 
North, the most intensely patriotic feeling was aroused. A 
full company composed of students was at once enrolled, and 
became, in due course of the organization of the army, Com- 
pany C, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 

Young Andrews was among the first to enlist, and was 
present with his company through the entire term of service. 
He was promoted through the several grades of non-com- 
missioned officers to first sergeant, in which position, much 
of the last year, he had command of his company. 

He took part in the battles of Cross Lanes, Cedar Moun- 
tain (in which he was wounded in the hand), Dumfries, 
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, 
and Dallas. At the close of this term of service he was ap- 
pointed first lieutenant and adjutant of the One Hundred 
and Eighty-fifth Regiment O. V. I., and subsequently pro- 
moted to captain. In this regiment he served in Kentucky, 
much of the time on detached duty, as A. D. C. on the staff 
of Gen. J. F. Wade, with headquarters at Lexington, and 
was frequently detailed on special duty connected with the 
settlement of difficulties between citizens and soldiers, dur- 
ing the last year of the war. He was finally mustered out 
July 26, 1865. 

Located in business in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1866; and 
on January 29, 1869, was married to Miss Mary E. Plum, of 
Flint, Michigan. They have two daughters, Jessie I. and 
Lora A., the latter now married to W. Carlton Janes. In 
May, 1875, they removed to Bay City, Michigan, where he 
entered the office of the Second National Bank, of which he 
was, in 1877, elected assistant cashier. 




CAPTAIN MARTIN M. ANDREWS 
(Ist Si'lgt. Co. V. Till () \ . 1. C;!))!. ls:,tli O. V. I.) 




LIEUTENANT ISAAC C. JONES 



(Mortally wounded at Battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27th, 1863, 
— Died Nov. 30th, 1863.) 




LIEUTENANT JOSEPH H. ROSS 
(Killi'il III I'.jilllc (if Cicl.ir .Mi(iiiit,iin. Va., Aii^;. Hlli. isii-j.) 



ges 414-415 



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In 1S94 he was appointed cashier of the Old Second Na- 
tional Bank, which position he now holds. He served two 
terms as a member of the Bay City School Board. 

Captain Andrews and wife were charter members of tlie 
First Conji^regational Church of Bay City, in which they 
have always taken an active interest. He has been officially 
identified whh the Grand Army of the Republic many years, 
having' been elected commander of the local Post four dif- 
ferent terms, and was several times appointed to positions on 
the stafif of the Commander-in-Chief. 



SELDEN ALLEN DAY. 

Colonel Seidell Allen Day's military career began when 
he raised a company of volunteers in Ohio at the first call 
for troops in 1861. Owing to the excess of troops enrolled 
under this call his company could not be mustered and was 
disbanded. Captain Day then enlisted as private in Com- 
pany C, Seventh Ohio Infantry, June 20, 1861, and partici- 
pated in the campaign in West Virginia that year. After 
the action of Cross Lanes, August 26, where his regiment 
suffered heavy loss, he was made corporal. In the winter 
of 1861-62 he was at Loop Creek, Pawpaw, Romney, etc. 
He was promoted to sergeant and recommended for a 
commission for gallantry at the battle of Winchester, Vir- 
ginia, March 23, 1862, under General Shields, where he 
was wounded,, but remained at the front, and in a charge of 
his brigade was one of the first over the stone wall forming 
part of the defense of the enemy, and was one of a small 
party following Major Casement of the Seventh Ohio into a 
battery and capturing the guns. At the close of the fight, 
with the aid of a comrade, he captured and brought in a 
staff officer of General Jackson. 

In the battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, Sergeant 
Day bore an active part, and, though again wounded, 
formed one of the rear-guard in the retreat after the battle, 
for which he was highly commended by General Carroll, 
who commanded in that fight. 

At the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, where 
his regiment suffered terribly. Sergeant Day, though at one 
time "between two fires," escaped unhurt, and at the close 
of the action was in command of the remnant of three com- 
panies. 

As a result of the fatigue and hardships of the campaign 
of 1862, he was for some months in hospital at Frederick, 
Maryland, where, having formerly studied medicine, while 
convalescing he performed efficient service, assisting in the 




SERGEANT SELDEN A. DAY 



COMPANY C 417 

care of the sick and woiiiKled. Being- given tlie (j[)tion of a 
discharge for (h'sahihty or a transfer to the Regnlar Army as 
hospital steward, he elected to be transferred in order that 
he might remain in the service of his conntry, and was (or- 
dered to Tjaltimore for duty. In the summer of 1863, when 
that city was threatened, Steward Day, under the Mayor, 
was instrumental in organizing and drilling for special ser- 
\ice companies made up of members of the Union League 
and convalescents in the hospital. 

Upon recovering his health he applied for field service 
and was appointed second lieutenant Fifth Artillery, and in 
the spring of 1864 was ordered to the front. He joined 
Battery A in the battle of Cold Harbor and was brevettcd 
first lieutenant for gallantry in that action. He served 
continuously in the field until the close of the war ; entered 
Richmond with Battery F, Fifth Artillery, April 3, 1865, 
and was brevetted captain for "gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices during the war." 

He was detailed in charge of cholera quarantine at Craney 
Island. Virginia, and afterward to command Battery F, 
Fifth Artillery, at Richmond, Virginia, 1866, in which year 
he was promoted first lieutenant. He was made president of 
Board of Registration and Elections, and military commis- 
sioner in Virginia under the Reconstruction Acts in 1867-68. 
He was graduated from the Artillery School in 1874, and 
from the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, 
1880. He was recorder of Board on Magazine Guns, 
1881-82; promoted captain Fifth Artillery, 1886, and com- 
manded Fort Wood, Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor, 
March to June, 1887. 

He traveled in Europe in 1888; was ordered to the Pa- 
cific Coast in 1890, and commanded Fort Mason, San Fran- 
cisco, California, for four years. 

Colonel Day, then captain, was mentioned with others in 

the general order from Headquarters of the Army in 1897 

for gallantry displayed in the rescue of seventeen people 

from a sinking steamer in a storm at Fort Canby, Washing- 

27 



4l8 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTR^k 

ton, February 28, 1896. The next year he spent traveling 
in the Orient. 

Colonel Day's record in the war with Spain was also 
notably brilliant. At the opening of the war he became 
major of the Fifth Artillery, and while in command at Gal- 
veston, Texas, was ordered to Tampa, Florida. From there 
he took out the siege train and reported to the commanding 
general of the army then in Cuba. With this train he went 
from Cuba to Porto Rico, being with a part of his command, 
acting as infantry, in one of the first boats to land at Gua- 
nica, July 25, 1898, and taking a prominent part in the cap- 
ture of the town. Three days later, his command furnish- 
ing the guard for "headquarters of the army in the field," 
he went with it to Ponce Playa, where he ran up a ship's flag 
on the custom house, that being the first United States flag 
ever hoisted over a public building in Porto Rico. After the 
promulgation of the peace protocol, he, as commandant of 
the artillery, took over the forts and armament, hoisted the 
flag over El Morro Castle at San Juan, and fired the national 
salute on the day of final occupation, October 18, 1898. 

Colonel Day's unflagging efforts for the advancement of 
the profession to which he has given his whole life are also 
matters of record. It is believed that one of his inventions, 
a projectile of peculiar construction, will undoubtedly some 
day be adopted when further relief from excessive pressure 
in heavy guns becomes imperative through the development 
of smokeless powder. The "dum-dum," or soft-pointed 
bullet for small arms, was invented by Colonel Day. and 
patented by him in all prominent countries except the United 
States. He has been frequently employed by the Govern- 
ment as well as by the City of New York and others in scien- 
tific work, for which his qualifications as a physician and 
surgeon, an expert rifle shot, and his knowledge of explo- 
sives specially fit him. 

While serving on the island of Porto Rico as commander 
of artillery and ordnance officer, he took an active interest 
in the development and Americanizing of our new posses- 
sions in that part of the world; experimenting in agricul- 




Colonel Selden Allen Day, 

UNITED STATES ARMY, RETIRED 



COMPANY C 419 

ture and stock raisinf>-, thus anticipating the efforts of the 
Government in that hne. 

When the first battahon of the Porto Rican regiment was 
authorized Colonel Day took an active interest in its organi- 
zation, believing the service to be the best possible school in 
patriotism for the natives. 

After a long term of duty in the tropics Colonel Day was 
ordered' home and placed in command at Fort Williams, 
Portland, Maine. 

He is now colonel, U. S. A., retired. 



CHARLES PENDLETON BOWLER. I 

Charles Pendleton Bowler was born at Auburn, Geauga 
County, Ohio, October 26, 1834, and was the son of George 
Irish and Lucy Chesbrough Barber Bowler. Plis grand- 
parents were Charles Bowler and Rebecca Irish, on his 
mother's side Nathan Barber and Mary Pendleton. His 
predilection was for the Christian ministry and for several 
years attended school at Hiram, Ohio, under James A. Gar- 
field as teacher. In the year 1859 he was sent to Oberlin 
College, at Oberlin, Ohio, to complete his education, and to 
graduate therefrom fitted for the ministry, which he had se- 
lected as his life-work. 

At the breaking out of the civil war, under the call of 
President Abraham Lincoln for 75,000 volunteers, a com- 
pany was raised consisting wholly of the students of the 
college, under command of three of its professors, and he 
enlisted as a private therein, April 17, 1861, for a period of 
three months. On arrival of the organization at Camp Tay- 
lor, Cleveland, Ohio, it was assigned to the Seventh Regi- 
ment O. V. I., as Company C, and was known as such there- 
after. He was promoted to sergeant and the regiment was 
transferred to Camp Dennison, situated near Cincinnati, 
Ohio, for drill and discipline and to receive its equipments. 

June 19, Bowler reenlisted in the service of the United 
States for a period of three years, and was reappointed 
sergeant on account of good behavior and soldierly 
conduct, and served in that capacity until killed in 
action. After reenlistment the regiment was sent to West 
Virginia, where he participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, 
August 26, 1861; Winchester, March 23, 1862; Port Re- 
public, June 9, 1862, and numerous skirmishes and marches, 
suffering from hunger, cold and' wet for the future good of 
his country, which was borne uncomplainingly by him. Af- 
ter the latter-named battle the regiment was sent to Alex- 
andria, Virginia, for recuperation. While there he sent the 




SERGEANT CHARLES P. BOWLER 
iKiU.d at Battle of C-dar Mountain. Va.. Aug. '.Mh, 180-J.) 



COMPANY C 421 

following- letter to the Cleveland Leader, which was pub- 
lished in their columns, and was probably one of the last 
that was written by him. 

"Camp Near Alexandria, July 4, 1862. 

"Dear Leader : If you had been in this neighborhood 
last evening you would have thought from the lively ap- 
pearance of our camp that something was going on. As 
soon as it was dark those who had provided themselves with 
fireworks began to display them. Some of them were very 
fine, the bands played lively airs, and the boys seemed to 
enjoy themselves very much. This morning we were re- 
viewed by General Tyler and staff, many citizens of Wash- 
ington being present. After passing in review and being 
formed in solid column. Sergeant Bowler of Company C, 
Seventh Ohio, read the Declaration of Independence. Chap- 
lain Wright then delivered a short address and offered 
prayer for the success of our arms. General Tyler then 
made a short speech telling what had transpired during the 
past year. He said when we left Ohio the brigade was four 
thousand strong ; it now numbers a little more than a thou- 
sand. His remarks were appreciated by all and I could see 
many tearful eyes around me. The General is a good man 
and a fine officer, and is well worthy of the position he now 
occupies. 

"After returning to camp and partaking of dinner the 
boys pitched upon the commissioned officers who have lately 
been promoted and made them stand treat, which they did 
v.illingly. General Tyler then 'treated the brigade.' which 
caused a great deal of amusement. At 3 p. m. the order was 
given for the Seventh to fall in, which we did, and marched 
to front of Colonel Creighton's quarters, where General 
Tyler introduced us to the Hon. A. G. Riddle, who made a 
short and beautiful speech. 

"On Wednesday I paid a visit to Fort Worth. It was 
built last winter by the New Jersey boys, and mounts twelve 
guns. In the fort there is a battery of steel guns presented 



4^2 S^VEJnYH RltdtlMKNT OHIO VOttJNT^I^R INF'ANTRY 

to the U. S. Government by the loyal Americans in Eng- 
land. 

"Our regiment is now resting and we are enjoying good 
health. Our numbers are small but I think they are effec- 
tive. Since I wrote you last I have seen a portion of the Bull 
Run battlefield. 

"We expected to go to Richmond, but the order was 
countermanded, so we are now camped about three miles 
from Alexandria, and may move at any moment. Will 
write you again when anything special turns up. 

"Yours, 

"Chari^es p. Bowi^er." 

Something special did turn up, and the regiment was or- 
dered to join General Sigel at Little Washington, Virginia, 
but the order was changed later and it was assigned to the 
corps of Major-General N. P. Banks. Taking the cars at 
Alexandria it moved to Warrenton, Virginia, remaining in 
camp there for a few days. Marched to Culpeper Court 
House, Va., where it went into camp. Hardly was it estab- 
lished, before the boom of cannon was heard. The men 
were ordered into ranks and marched in the direction of the 
firing, and soon reached the neighborhood of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Virginia, where it went into action immediately, sup- 
porting artillery, and then passing it moved to the front line 
of battle, where an enfilading fire on both flanks and front 
tore the regiment to pieces. 

Sergeant Bowler was killed in this battle, which was 
fought August 9, 1862. He was known as a Christian gen- 
tleman and as a brave and patriotic soldier by his comrades. 
"Blessed are they who die in the Lord." "Their ways are 
ways of pleasantness and all their paths are peace." 




SERGEANT HOBART G. ORTON 



ROBERT Cx. ORTON. 

Hobert G. Orton was born at Shelby, Richland County, 
Ohio, in the year 1838, and is a son of Treat and Rozetta 
(Du Bois) Orton, natives of the State of New York. His 
father was of English and his mother of Holland descent. 
His father was a pioneer settler of Ohio, having gone there 
in 1822. He has one brother and two sisters — Angeline C. 
(widow of Dr. William H. Bunker, deceased, late of Hamil- 
ton County, Ohio). E. Chase (of Williams County, Ohio). 
Sarah A. (wife of Dr. Albert Wilber, of Williams County, 
Ohio). 

Hobert G. Orton was raised on a farm, and attended the 
common schools of his neighborhood. At the age of seven- 
teen he commenced to teach school. His first school was 
in the Swall District, in Crawford County, Ohio. While 
teaching he "boarded round." as was the usual way at that 
time. He received a liberal education at Oberlin College, 
and was able to pay his way partly by manual labor and 
teaching during the winter months. 

While at college, in April, 1861, he enlisted as a private 
in Company C, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., for a period of 
three months; reenlisted June 19 for three years, and 
was with the regiment continuously until dangerously 
wounded in the thigh, his right thigh bone being 
broken near the hip joint by a gun shot, and he was cap- 
tured, and was confined with eight others in a small room 
about nine by fifteen feet. On the floor was placed a small 
quantity of hay, with a wagon cover spread over it. This 
constituted their only bed and most of them were desper- 
ately wounded. After the battle of Carnifax Ferry, Vir- 
ginia, he was rescued by the Union troops under Gen. W. 
S. Rosecrans. and taken to a field hospital near by. and from 
there transferred to the St. John's Hospital at Cincinnati. 
Ohio, his brother E. C. Orton superintending the transfer. 
He was placed under the charge of Dr. Blackburn, a dis- 



424 SEVKNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INEANTRY 

tinguished surgeon of those times. While at this hospital 
he underwent two severe surgical operations, from the 
effects of which he still suffers, and is often confined to his 
bed for weeks at a time, and was discharged from thence 
September 2, 1862. 

While in the hospital he traded his army overcoat for two 
old volumes of "Blackstone's Commentaries," which he 
studied carefully during the weary months there. After- 
ward, he attended the Law University at Ann Arbor, Michi- 
gan, and was admitted to the bar in the year 1864. 

In 1866 he located at Princeton, Missouri, and engaged 
in the practice of his profession in partnership with Ira B. 
Hyde, which existed to 189 1. He is a man of good business 
ability, and has been successful in the practice of his profes- 
sion. 

December 6, 1865, he was married to Miss Angeline C. 
Stewart, a native of Vermont, by whom he has three chil- 
dren living — Helen Du Bois, Ira D., and Elden C. Mrs. 
Helen Du Bois (wife of J. C. Mounet), now resides in Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts ; Ira D. is a lawyer in Nome, Alaska, 
and his youngest son is a lawyer, now in business with his 
father. 

Orton has always been an ardent Republican, and since 
his residence in Missouri has always taken an active part in 
politics. He served eight years as probate judge of Mercer 
County, and has been three times elected as its prosecuting 
attorney. He still makes a very good showing, wrestling 
with the infirmities of his wound and age. 



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SERGEANT EDGAR M. CONDIT 



EDGAR MANTELBERT CONDIT. 

Edgar Mantelbert Condit was born a farmer's boy Jan- 
uary 24, 1840, in Trenton Township, Delaware County, 
Ohio. One morning early in May, 1856, he climbed into a 
covered wagon loaded with household goods, to drive the 
team to Anamosa, Iowa. It was one of nine wagons em- 
bracing his father's family and two of his sons-in-law. 
This trip as it seemed to him at the time was likely to re- 
main the event of his lifetime. For three years he shared 
the novelty as well as the hardships of a pioneer life on a 
frontier prairie. At nineteen he had the choice of a college 
education or to continue on the farm. He chose the former 
and began his studies at Oberlin with the fall term of 1859, 
teaching country district schools during the college winter 
vacations, and pursuing his studies the balance of the year 
until the war broke out in April, 1861. His was among the 
first fifty names subscribed to the enlistment roll at that 
memorable Saturday night — April 20th — meeting in the old 
First Church. By Monday morning the allotment of one 
hundred was overflowing, while some cried because there 
was no room for them. A few days later this band of stu- 
dents became Company C of the Seventh O. V. I. 

Following, and probably the result of long exposure in 
mountains, after the battle of Cross Lanes he had a long 
siege of typhoid fever accompanied by other ills, which cul- 
minated in his absence from the company from early No- 
vember, 1861, until August, 1862, joining his company 
again at Culpeper a few days after the battle of Cedar 
Mountain. He participated with his company in the battles 
of Cross Lanes, Antietam, the skirmish at Berryville, Vir- 
ginia, and the fight at Dumfries, where he was severely 
wounded in the left thigh. On acccmnt of this wound he 
was discharged from the service at Alexandria, Virginia, 
Februarv 11, 186-^. He served in the ranks until Novem- 



426 s^VEiNTH re;gime;nt ohio voi.unti:e;r infantry 

ber I, 1862, when he was made a corporal. January i, 
1863, he was promoted to sergeant. 

He reentered the service for the last year of the war with 
Battery G, Second Illinois Light Artillery. He was at 
once detailed to Sixteenth Army Corps headquarters, where 
he served with the Chief of Artillery, John W. Lowell. He 
participated in the reduction of Spanish Fort and Fort 
Blakely on the gulf, and later the capture of Mobile and 
Montgomery, and was discharged at Springfield, Illinois, 
September 4, 1865. 

The war over, the old zeal to complete his college course 
could not be summoned back, and so he fell into matrimony 
with Miss Eliza Bell, whose acquaintance he had made while 
they were both Oberlin students. She was the eldest daugh- 
ter of the Hon. James A. Bell, of Medina County, Ohio. 
They were married February 8, 1866, but no children were 
ever born to them. Following his marriage three years' 
farming was enough. He plunged into the general insur- 
ance business with several Western States for his field. He 
added the banking business, and a little later real estate 
on his own account, first at Anamosa, then in Chicago after 
1887. 

In 1902 he was not rich as wealth is measured nowadays, 
but he had sense enough to retire for a well-earned vacation. 
Following this retirement from business he and his wife 
visited all the countries of Europe, Northern Africa, and 
much of Asia, including Palestine, Siberia, Japan, China, 
Ceylon, and India. On his return to the United States in 
1904 he published "Two Years in Three Continents" — a 
book of over 600 pages and many illustrations covering their 
observations, impressions, and experiences in many lands 
and with many peoples. Its matter had been edited as they 
journeyed, and not taken out of notes in "cold storage" on 
their return. Now he and his wife live by the sea, at Day- 
tona, Fla., with only the supervision of a large orange grove 
for a business. Their Southern home is wholly modern, 
with a wealth of semi-tropical growth about it, while their 
deep verandas ofifer pleasant shadie as he leisurely recalls 




CAPTAIN ELIAS W. MOREY 

(Sergt. Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — Ciiiit. Co. D, 9tli U. S. C. T.) 



COMPANY C 427 

the momentous events and developments of his country the 
past fifty years, as well, also, the pleasing memories of his 
soldier days, his busy life, his tour around the Old World, 
his trip throuoh New England, Alaska. California, and Old 
Mexico, for these must contribute much of his pleasure as 
old age comes on apace. 



CHARLES HALL BUXTON. 

Charles Hall Buxton was born in Batavia, Genesee 
County, New York, September 7, 1836. In his youth he 
attended the public school until fourteen years of age, then 
assisted his father in business. In the fall of 1854, at the 
age of eighteen, wishing to obtain a liberal education he went 
to Oberlin, Ohio, and entered the Preparatory Department 
of Oberlin College. In order to partly meet his expenses he 
taught school winters, and worked two and three hours a 
day during term time. He entered college in 1856, studied 
three years, and then spent one year teaching school in La 
Fayette, Indiana. He then returned to college and pursued 
his studies until the spring of 1861, being then in the senior 
class expecting to graduate in the month of August. When 
the news reached the college that Fort Sumter had been fired 
upon and war declared between the North and South, he, 
with one hundred other students, after serious deliberation, 
decided to take up arms in defense of their country. 

He enlisted in the United States service for three months 
at Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, April 30, 1861, the organ- 
ization being designated as Company C, Seventh Regiment 
O. V. I. After some time drilling in Camp Dennison the 
call for three years was made and he responded by being 
mustered in again June 19, 1861. He served as private, 
corporal, and sergeant. He was engaged in several skir- 
mishes and battles. Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic 
and Cedar Mountain. In the latter he was wounded in the 
shoulder and forearm. While in the hospital at Alexandria, 
Virginia, he was unanimously elected by the company in 
October, 1862, to take its command, but the uncertainty of 
his early recovery rendered it inexpedient to forward his 
name to the Governor for a commission. After partial re- 
covery, served as clerk in the Mansion House Hospital, 
Alexandria; acting hospital steward from January, 1863, to 
January, 1864, when he was detailed by the War Depart- 




SERGEANT CHARLES H. BUXTON 




CORPORAL THERON E. W. ADAMS 



COMPANY C 429 

iiieiit as clerk to the Adjiitant-Generars Office, where he 
remained until he was mustered out of service June 19. 
1864. by Adjutant-General Samuel Breed, U. S. A., at 
War Department, Washins^ton, D. C. Immediately after- 
ward, on the recommendation of Senator B. F. Wade, he 
received an appointment in the United States Treasurer's 
Office, Washington, D. C. 

Tn 1866 he entered Columbia Law College and was ad- 
mitted to the bar of the District of Columbia in 1869. 

In October, 1866, he married a classmate, Miss Sarah P. 
Jewell, and has now living one daughter and four sons. 
In 1900 he married as his second wife Mrs. Helen Davis 
Mcrriman. At the present time he is a bookkeeper in the 
United States Treasurer's Office and resides at Falls Church, 
Virginia, where he is enjoying his old age at the homestead 
"Chestnut Hill" overlooking the capital of the nation. 



DEATH OF SERGEANT O. C. TREMBLED. 

One of the saddest incidents, resulting in the loss of life, 
in our experience, was the death of Sergeant Oliver C. 
Trembley, who was accidentally drowned in the Ohio River 
on June 24, 1864, when the regiment was returning home 
to be mustered out of service. 

The old stern-wheel steamboat on which we were loaded 
was passing up through a narrow rapid current, near the 
Kentucky shore, a short distance above Rising Sun, Indiana, 
when Trembley, in the act of passing along the unguarded 
edge of the lower deck, slipped and fell overboard. The 
alarm was at once given and the boat stopped. Prompt and 
thorough effort was made to recover the loody, but without 
immediate success. Private Hiram Parsons was detailed to 
remain and continue the search. After three days the body 
arose to the surface, and Parsons brought it to Cleveland in 
a metallic case, and it was sent, under an escort of four of 
his comrades, to the home of his parents at North Fairfield, 
Ohio. 

The death of Sergeant Trembley at this time was pecu- 
liarly distressing. He had written to his mother from Geor- 
gia that his fighting was over and he would soon be home. 
When the regiment was passing through Ohio the expectant 
parents drove from the farm to meet their son at the rail- 
road station. Inquiring first of Company D, no one had the 
courage to tell them the sad truth, but Orderly Sergeant 
Lawrence Wilson directed them to Company C, where the 
parents first learned of the death of their boy. 

Oliver C. Trembley was born in Huron County, Ohio, 
December 4, 1841, and at the beginning of the war was a 
student in Oberlin College. He was present with his com- 
pany continuously and was one of the very few members of 
the regiment who was not wounded in battle, though he par- 
ticipated in nearly every engagement in which the regiment 
took part. 

— Contributed by M. M. Andrews. 

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SERGEANT OLIVER C. TREMBLY 



(Uiowriid in t)liiii Kivcr. JuiU' '-'llli. ISti-l, on way lioiiu' 
for muster out.) 




CORPORAL JAMES M. GUINN 



JAMES MILLER GUINN. 

James Miller Giiinn was born near Houston. Shelby 
iiintv, Ohio. November 27, 1834. He attended school a 
Dvt term each winter. At the age of nineteen he began 
Lching. He is a graduate of Oberlin College. 
April 20. 1 86 1, he enlisted at Oberlin, Ohio, in a student 
mpany which later became Company C, Seventh Regiment 

V. L He reenlisted in the same company for three years. 
"History of Company C." written by one of his comrades 

1866, gives this record of his military service: 'Tro- 
)ted to corporal, November i, 1862 ; present at the battles 

Cross Lanes. Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Moun- 
n, and Antietam ; on every march of the company till his 
jcharge. January 12, 1863." 

In October, 1863, Governor Tod commissioned him cap- 
In in a new regiment ; but unfit for military duty, he was 
mpelled to decline the appointment, and in November, 
163, came to California, via Panama, to try to regain his 
alth. He engaged in teaching for a time. In 1864 he 
ined the rush to the Idaho gold mines and for three years 
:)rkcd at placer mining in Boise Basin. In 1867 he re- 
rned to California, taught school in Alameda County, and 

1868 tried life insurance in San Francisco. In 1869 he 
me to Los Angeles County, and for twelve years was su- 
rintendent of the Anaheim schools and also superintended 
ranch. 

In 1874 he was married to Miss Dapsilea C. Marquis. To 
em three children have been born — Mabel Elisabeth, Edna 
arquis. and Howard James. 

From 1 88 1 to 1884 superintendent Los Angeles city 
hools; 1884-86, merchant: 1886-89, broker: 1889-91, 
ange grower: 1891-96, deputy county assessor: 1896- 
)03. author of three volumes California history: 1903-05. 
erchant: 1905-06. member Board of Education, Los An- 
gles City: 1906, broker. At present residing in Los An- 
gles, California. 

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JAMES WARNER RAYMOND. 

James Warner Raymond was born near the site of Fort 
Dearborn, Chicago, Ilhnois. xA.pril 25, 1841. He was edu- 
cated in the common schools of his native city and at Ober- 
hn College, Oberlin, Ohio. Enlisted August 6, 1862; 
joined Company C October 9, 1862. 

He participated in the following battles : Dumfries, Vir- 
ginia, December 27, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 
I, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 
3, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 24, 
1863; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863, 
and Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863, being severely 
wounded in the thigh in the last-named battle, and captured 
by the enemy, and retaken by the Union troops the same 
day. He was mustered out of the service September 29, 
1864. 

Reenlisted and w^as appointed first lieutenant and regi- 
mental quartermaster of the One Hundred and Seventy-sev- 
enth Regiment O. V. I., and participated in the marches of 
this regiment until mustered out June 24, 1865. 

He married Miss Arabella Lessure, at Allegheny, Penn- 
sylvania, and they had one son. 

After his return from the army he was engaged contin- 
uously in the mercantile and banking business in Dakota and 
Minnesota. 

He was elected as a companion in the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion, April 14, 1891, and was esteemed highly 
in that order. 

He died at Pasadena, California, February 21, 1905. 



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LIEUTENANT JAMES W. RAYMOND 



(Crpl Co. C. Tth O. V. I.— 1st I.ieut. & R. Q. M. 177th O. V. I. 
— Died Feb. 21st, 1905.) 




CAPTAIN JAMES W. CHENEY 



(rrivate Co. C, 7th O. V. I. — Captain 49th 111. Inf. 
— Died Feb. 8th, 1905.) 



JAMES WILSON CHENEY. 

James Wilson Cheney was born August 20, 1841, in 
oyalston, Massachusetts. In 1855, with his parents, 
lOvecl to Shelbyville, Ilhnois. Attended i)ul)nc schools, 
)niniercial college, Chicago, Illinois, and in i860 entered 
bcrlin College, Ohio, from which he enlisted as private 
pril, 1 86 1, in Company C. He was taken prisoner at 
ittle of Cross Lanes, but escaping returned to camp after 
ree days in the mountains. Soon afterward he was sent. 
:k with typhoid fever, to Charleston, Virginia, where 
:ing given up to die by the surgeons, his father and com- 
.des nursed him back to strength sufficient to be removed 

his home in Illinois. 

Later, having raised a company of men near Vandalia, 
linois, he was commissioned first-lieutenant, Company D, 
)rty-nintli Regiment I. V. I. Was promoted to captain 
ibruary 13, 1862, his commission reading, "Promoted for 
eritorious service at battle of Fort Donelson, February 13, 
[., 15, and 16, 1862." He lost just half of his men in the 
ittle of Pittsburg Landing, .\pril 6 and 7 ; was engaged in 
;ge of Corinth, Mississippi ; Sherman's raid through 
Mississippi ; capture of Fort De Russy, Louisiana, Pleasant 
ill and Clouterville, Louisiana; fifty days in the Red River 
mpaign under General Banks ; Chicot Lake and Little 
ock, Arkansas ; fight with Forrest at Memphis. Tennessee ; 
mpaign after Price in Missouri, and battles of Nashville, 
ennessee. Was mustered out of service March 22, 1865. 

He married Armilla A. Perkins. May 27, 1868, to whom 
le son, Edwin Plenry. was born June 13. 1869. Moved 

Detroit. Michigan, in 1871, where he was engaged in 
holesale and retail millinery, and later in mechanical lines. 

1895 moved to Oak Park. Illinois, and was connected 
ith the Chicago Edison Company. 

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434 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INFANTRY 

Failing health necessitating the giving up of business, 
with his wife, he went to California in 1903, and died of 
heart failure February 8, 1905. 

"Courageous and cheerful through years of suffering, 
loved and respected by all who knew him." 




THOMAS P. DICKSON 




JOSEPH S. CLEVERDON 



JOSEPH S. CLEVERDON. 

Joseph S. Cleverdon, M. D., resides at 421 N. Pine ave- 
nue, Austin Station, Chicago, Ilhnois. He was born in 
England, April 26, i84'2, and was reared at Chagrin Falls, 
Ohio. He was educated in the common schools and in the 
Preparatory Department of Oberlin College. 

He enlisted August 13, 1862, from Chagrin Falls, and 
was assigned to Company C, Seventh O. V. I., where he 
served until transferred to Company B, Fifth O. V. I., on 
October 31. 1864. Pie participated in battle at Dumfries, 
Chancellorsville. Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission- 
ary Ridge, and at Ringgold, Georgia, where he was severely 
wounded in the right arm above the elbow and in chest, and 
made a cripple for life, on November 27, 1863. 

He was discharged on February 25, 1865, on account of 
wounds. He was married on May 11, 1868, to Miss Mary 
Marsh, at Bainbridge, Ohio, and five sons and two daugh- 
ters were born to them. Since the war he has served as a 
clerk in the Paymaster-General's Office, War Department, 
at Washington, D. C, from 1866 to 1881 ; as postmaster at 
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, from 1881 to 1886, and with the 
Standard Oil Company until the present time, where he 
occupies an important position of trust and responsibility 
with this great company, in the city of Chicago, Illinois. 

While in Washington he graduated in medicine in the 
Medical Department of Georgetown College in the class of 
1871. 

Always faithful and true to every trust, he is as honorable 
in time of peace as he was brave and fearless in time of 
battle. A good citizen and valuable member of society ; 
an affectionate husband and father; a valued friend, he can 
be nothing but a considerate, Christian gentleman. 



PHILIP GRIGSBY. 

There is perhaps no pastime so pleasant as reading, no 
reading equal to biography, and no biography so thrilling 
as that of the "Boys in Blue." The subject of this sketch 
was born in England, October 25, 1842. He came to this 
country soon after the death of his parents, when a young 
boy, and was educated in the common schools. 

At the age of nineteen, when the call for volunteers came 
in the early sixties, the land of his adoption had become so 
dear to him that realizing the need of immediate action, 
when the insults to the Stars and Stripes made such dire 
consequences possible, he enlisted in the Seventh Ohio In- 
fantry, at Cleveland, Ohio, in Company C, as a private, Sep- 
tember II, 1862. He served the country faithfully and with 
devotion until disabled by a bursting shell, at Dumfries 
Landing, Virginia, making necessary the amputation of his 
right leg. 

He met this calamity as a boy of twenty, just as he did 
every reverse in subsequent life, with unflinching courage 
and quiet fortitude. He was honorably discharged at Wash- 
ington, D. C, August 12, 1863, crippled for life, and his 
fondest hopes blighted. Notwithstanding the disadvan- 
tages under which he labored, nothing daunted, he applied 
himself unaided to the study of the law, and after a few 
years became proficient in his chosen profession and was 
admitted to the bar. Here he applied himself as in his mili- 
tary career, with indomitable courage, and was ever true to 
his highest ideals. His integrity of character was always 
unquestioned, whether in the many public offices he held, or 
in private life. He discharged every trust with fidelity and 
ability, and his excellent qualities were appreciated by all 

He was married to Miss Annette Davidson at Parkers, 
Oregon. She died, February 20, 1879, leaving a son. An- 
dell, who was only eighteen months old. This son still re- 
sides at Parkers, Oregon. 




PHILIP GRIGSBY 




SERGEANT OWEN HICKS 
(Private Co. C, 7th O. V. I.— 1st Seigt. Co. B, 5th O. V. I.) 



COMPANY C \Z7 

After a period of over six years he again married. His 
second wife was Dr. Anna Colby, of Republic, Kansas, by 
whom he had two children — a daughter, born and died Au- 
gust 5. 1887. and a son, Frederic C. born October 31, 1889, 
who died at Concordia. Kansas, July 16, 1905. 

Mr. Grigsby was a member of the G. A. R. from its ear- 
liest history, and thus aided in keeping alive the principles 
for which he so earnestly contended when but a mere boy. 
He answered to the final roll-call April 5, 1890, in Mercer 
County. California, thus closing a life which left as a rich 
heritage to his many friends the memory of a well-spent 
probation, cheering and making happier all around him. 
His life and death were worthy the soldier and gentleman he 
surely was. 

"You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, 
But the scent of the roses will cling to it still." 



SELDEN BINGHAM KINGSBURY. 

Selden Bingham Kingsbury was born October 29, 1846, 
at Camden, Lorain County, Ohio. His father, Charles B. 
Kingsbury, was a farmer, and Selden was raised upon a 
farm and attended the district school, and in 1857 entered 
the Preparatory Department of Oberlin College. While in 
this department he taught school winters. He entered Ober- 
lin College in i860, after graduating from the Preparatory 
Department. In the winter of i860 he taught the village 
school at Preedsville, Michigan, and returned to college in 
March, 1861. 

On or about the 17th day of April, 1861, and immedi- 
ately after the first call for 75,000 volunteers, Company C, 
Seventh O. V. I., was organized. It was composed entirely 
of students at Oberlin. He was one of those who organized 
the company, enlisting as a member thereof. It was taken 
to Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered into the 
service of the United States, and transferred to Camp Den- 
nison, near Cincinnati, Ohio, where it remained until the 
latter part of June, when it was transferred to West Vir- 
ginia, The regiment reenlisted June 19 for three years. Its 
first march was a forced one from Clarksburg to Weston, 
Virginia, at the latter city capturing some $57,000 of cash 
belonging to the State of Virginia, which was turned over to 
West Virginia, just then formed. 

He participated in the battle of Cross Lanes, Virginia, 
August 26, 1861, where he was captured, and incarcerated 
in the Southern prisons at Libby, Richmond, Virginia, and 
Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, the journey to them be- 
ing on freight and flat-cars. Afterward he was transferred 
to Salisbury, North Carolina, and was exchanged on parole, 
July, 1862, and taken to New York City, where he was fur- 
loughed for sixty days and returned to his father's house 
at Camden, Ohio. At the expiration of his furlough he went 
to Camp Chase, at Columbus, Ohio, suffering from chronic 




SELDEN H. KINGSBURY 



COMPANY C 439 

diarrhoea, which he had contracted in the Southern prisons, 
and was discharged on account of disabihty in August, 1863, 
and returned to his home and' afterward to college, grad- 
uating from thence in August, 1864. 

He was appointed superintending principal of the high 
school at Flint, Michigan, in September, and had been prin- 
cipal of the high school at Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, dur- 
ing the winter of 1863-64, while in college. He was en- 
gaged in teaching nearly fifteen years. 

He married Miss Hulda Corning, at Mentor, Ohio, in 
August, 1865, and five children were born to them, of whom 
four are living — Nathan Corning, Fred, Charles, Helen, 
and Ross Selden Kingsbury, and one died when three years 
old. Lizzie Alice Kingsbury. 

He practiced at Constantine, Michigan, until June, 1880, 
when he removed to Idaho, and in 1905 to Honolulu, being 
still engaged in the practice of law. He received the degree 
of B. A. in 1864 and that of M. A. in 1871, at Oberlin 
College. H« is a Mason and Knight Templar. He is a 
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 
member of the Grand Army of the Republic, member of the 
Sons of the American Revolution, president of the National 
Association of the Family of the name of Kingsbury. Has 
been for many years treasurer of the Idaho State Bar Asso- 
ciation. Member of the School Board of Boise. Idaho. 
Twice elected to the Common Council of Boise. Has been 
Post Commander of Phil. Sheridan Post No. 4, at Boise, 
Idaho. Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United 
States and to the Supreme Courts of Michigan. Idaho, and 
Utah, to the Supreme Court of Hawaii, and to the U. S. 
District Courts for Idaho and Hawaii. He has been success- 
ful in the practice of his profession, but since the death of 
his wife August 26, 1901, he has been a wanderer. Of his 
boys, two are lawyers in Columbus and the youngest is an 
officer in the U. S. Marine Corps. 



MARVIN C. STONE. 

Marvin C. Stone was a son of Chester Stone, was born at 
Rootstown, Ohio, April 4, 1842. Later he became a resi- 
dent of Ravenna, Ohio, where he acquired his high school 
education. On August 30, 1862, he was mustered into ser- 
vice as a recruit in Company C, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 
For three years he served his country faithfully, sharing in 
all the dangers and hardships of war. During one of the 
forced marches the southern sun produced a blinding head- 
ache; being unable to proceed, he lay helpless by the way 
until an acquaintance, recognizing him, placed him on his 
horse, thus saving him from falling into the hands of the 
enemy. He participated in the battles of Gettysburg and 
Chancellorsville. At the battle of Lookout Mountain he re- 
ceived a wound that disabled him from active service, and 
from which he never fully recovered. On October 31, 1864, 
he was transferred to Company B, Fifth Ohio Infantry, and 
December i, 1864, he was transferred to the "Veteran Re- 
serve Corps," and sent to Washington on special duty, 
where he remained until mustered out, August 7, 1865. 

He graduated at Oberlin College, Ohio, and took up 
journalism. 

On January 7, 1875, he was married to Miss Jennie E. 
Piatt, of Baltimore, Maryland, and made Washington his 
home. He was an inventor of some note and had already 
taken out several patents. Now he added to them lemonade 
straws and cigar and cigarette holders, which he manufac- 
tured extensively, employing several hundred people, with 
great success. His factory was a model, including a large 
circulating library for the use of his employees, and in many 
other ways he showed an interest in their welfare. His last 
patent was a process for coloring fine china. 

He found his greatest pleasure among his books and in 
his home, which was a center of attraction to many others, 
specially during the terms of Senator Lyman R. Casey, Mrs. 




MARVIN C. STONE 
(Died May ITlh, 1H99.) 







WARREN F. WALWORTH 



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Stone's brother-in-law, where the diplomatic and govern- 
ment officials were often entertained. 

Mr. Stone died on May 17, 1899, ^"^1 was buried in Bal- 
timore. Since then Mrs. Stone and their only child, Lester 
Marvin Stone, have traveled extensively. The son is still 
in Berlin, Germany, but Mrs. Stone has returned to her na- 
tive land. 



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OKORGE L. WOOD. 

George L. Wood was born in Chardon, Ohio, in 1837, and 
was educated in the common schools. In his early man- 
hood he studied law in Warren and became the first mayor 
of that now beautiful and wealthy county-seat. 

He enlisted under the first call for troops in what was 
then known as Company A, of Warren, which entered Camp 
Taylor, April 26, 1861, and became Company H of the Sev- 
enth. He was commissioned first lieutenant in the company 
and served therein until November 25, 1861, when he was 
promoted to captain of Company D, from which he was hon- 
orably discharged, November 10, 1862, on account of disa- 
bility from a severe wound received in battle at Port Re- 
public, Virginia, June 9, 1862. He became major of the 
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, on Septem- 
ber 16, 1862, and was discharged therefrom on April 20, 
1863. He participated in the battles of Winchester and 
Port Republic, Virginia. 

He was married on October 9, 1862, to Miss Jane B. Tod, 
of Warren, Ohio, to whom one daughter was born. His 
wound left him in a delicate condition until the date of his 
death on September 14, 1867, at Warren, where he was 
buried in Oakwood Cemetery. 

Major Wood wrote what he termed a "Record of the Ser- 
vices of the Seventh Ohio Infantry," for which the members 
of that organization have always been grateful. He was of 
gentle and refined manners, a patriot who shed his blood 
upon the field of battle and died too early to long enjoy the 
fruits of victory. 



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MAJOR GEORGE L. WOOD 
(Capt. Co. 1), Ttli O. V. 1— Major IJolli O. V. 1.) 




DAVID A. WARD 



DAVID AUSTIN WARD. 

David Austin Ward, of Tuscola, Illinois, was born Sep- 
tember 30, 1839, in Birmingliam, Erie County, Ohio, where 
his boyhood was spent in the common schools. He was at- 
tending- Oberlin College when he enlisted April 25, 1861. 
He reenlisted for three years at Camp Dennison, as a private 
in Company C, and served through the war. 

He was engaged in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winches- 
ter, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam with his 
company. In December, 1862, he was detailed as teamster 
in the ordnance train, and issued ammunition to the firing 
line in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and in 
the campaigns through Tennessee and Georgia. In the bat- 
tle of Winchester he was struck by a piece of shell and 
stunned, but recovered in time to join in the pursuit of the 
Hying enemy. July, 1864, he was mustered out, at the ex- 
piration of the term of service, with the remnant of his com- 
pany, at Cleveland. Ohio. He afterward enlisted in the 
Ninety-eighth Regiment P. V. I., and served to the end of 
the war. 

On March 26. 1867. he was married to Miss Sophia Bond 
Watson, at Camargo. Illinois. Their only son, Guy War- 
ren, died July 22, 1903, in Tennessee, where he was engaged 
in business. Their only daughter. Maud E.. is a teacher in 
the public schools of Chicago. Illinois. 

After the war Comrade Ward conducted a general store 
and harness shop in Camargo, Illinois, and there he served 
his fellow-citizens twelve years as postmaster, and also as 
justice of the peace, besides managing his farm. He is now 
practically retired from active business, but looks after a 
cotton plantation in west Tennessee, of which he is the 
owner. 



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A. J. WILLIAMS. 

A. J. Williams was born at West Mendon, now Honeoye 
Falls, New York, on February 8, 1829. In 1838 he moved I 
with his parents to Naples, New York, and with them, in' 
June, 1840, moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he re- 
mained until 1 85 1, except while attending Allegheny Col- 
lege, at Meadville, Pennsylvania. 

On October 10, 1849, he married, at Perry, Ohio, Amelia 
C. French, and they moved to Painesville, Ohio, in 1852, 
where he entered the law office of Judge Bissel, as a student. 
He was admitted to the bar in 1854. 

Mr. Williams practiced law in Painesville until 1861, 
v/hen he enlisted in the Union Army and was made a second 
lieutenant of Company D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 
Leaving Camp Taylor in Cleveland early in May, he went to 
Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, and there enlisted again, 
for three years, and accompanied his regiment on the severe 
marches from Clarksburg to Gauley Bridge, Virginia, where 
he was compelled to resign his commission in September, 
1 86 1, under the surgeon's certificate of disability. He then 
returned home. 

He was elected assistant clerk in the Ohio House of Rep- 
resentatives in the fifty-fifth General Assembly. In June, 
1863, he accepted a clerkship under Maj. W. S. Kennon, 
paymaster of the Army, and served in Ohio, Kentucky and 
Tennessee until September, 1865. Then he returned to 
Painesville, and in May, 1866, moved with his family to 
Macon, Missouri, where he engaged in an extensive practice 
in the State and Federal courts. In December of 1878 he 
returned to Ohio, and on January i, 1879, settled in Cleve- 
land, where he resided until his death. 

In 1883 he was elected State Senator from Cuyahoga 
County, being the first Democratic Senator from this county 
for thirty years. In 1885 Mr. Williams was admitted to 
practice as an attorney before the Supreme Court of the 




LIEUTENANT ANDREW J. WILLIAMS 
(Died Aug. lioth, 1901.) 




CAPTAIN JOHN N. DYER 
Killii\ iit Uiittic of Cross Liin.'s. Va.. Aiiir. Jfiih. IHiU ) 




LIEUTENANT GEORGE D. LOCKWOOD 
(Died Sept. 3d, 1874.) 



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United States. He was United States Commissioner ior 
eight years, and was chairman of the executive committee of 
the Early Settlers' Association of Cuyahoga County. He 
had been a Royal Arch Mason since 1858, and was a mem- 
ber of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Ohio 
Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of 
the United States. 

Mr. Williams died in Cleveland, August 5, 1901, at the 
home of his daughter, Mrs. Julia W. Janes. He was be- 
loved by all who knew him, and in his death the city of 
Cleveland lost one of its most highly esteemed citizens. 



WILLARD P. TISDEL. 

Willard P. Tisdel was born in Lake County, Ohio, July 
2y, 1844, and was educated in the common schools of that 
county, with a slight "finishing" at Poughkeepsie College, 
through a commercial course. 

He entered the military service at Painesville, Lake 
County, Ohio, on April 20, 186 1. He served in Company 
D, Seventh Ohio Infantry, as a private, corporal, sergeant, 
first sergeant, and as sergeant-major of the regiment, and 
participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Virginia; 
Antietam, Maryland; Dumfries, Virginia; Chancellors- 
ville, Virginia ; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ; Lookout Moun- 
tain and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Geor- 
gia. Was wounded in the head at Gettysburg. He was 
discharged at Columbus, Ohio, on April 27, 1864, on ex- 
piration of his term of enlistment. He also served one year 
in the U. S. Reserve (Hancock's) Corps — on detail in the 
War Department entire time. 

He was married in Washington, D. C, to Miss Sarah 
Fenton Stone, and has three daughters. His eldest daugh- 
ter, Helen, is the wife of a Russian diplomat. Count Gre- 
goire Alexandrovich De Wollant, now Minister to Mexico. 

Since he left the Army Colonel Tisdel (as he is now best 
known among his friends) has been principally engaged as 
follows : he served in the U. S. Treasury Department from 
1868 to 1870; as Assistant Marshal U. S. Supreme Court, 
1871 to 1872; agent Pacific Mail Steamship Company and 
Panama R. R. Company at New York, 1873 to 1874; agent 
Pacific Mail Steamship Co. and Panama R. R. Co., 1874, 
75, 76; superintendent U. S. and Brazil Mail S. S. Co. at 
Rio de Janeiro, 1877 to 1884; U. S. Commercial Expert, 
and U. S. Commissioner to the Berlin-Congo Conference, 
1884, 85 ; superintendent Pacific Mail Steamship Co., west 
coast of Mexico, Central and South America, 1885 to 1895; 
assistant general manager Guatemala Central Railroad, at 




WILLARD P. TISDEL 



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447 



Guatemala, 1886 to 1895; actint^- j^cneral nianaj^er and 
g:eiHTal mana^^M-, Guatemala Central Railroad. 1896 to 
1906. Colonel Tisdel is also larj^ely interested in the pro- 
duction of coffee, cocoa and rubber, and all in all has a 
promising outlook. He resides now in Guatemala City, 
Central America. 



LAWRENCE WILSON. 

Lawrence Wilson was born September 2, 1842, in South- 
ington, Trumbull County, Ohio. Farmer boy. Educated 
in common schools, with exception of a term in Calkins's 
Commercial College at Oberlin, Ohio. 

He enlisted at Perry, Lake County, Ohio, on April 22, 
1 861 ; entered Camp Taylor at Cleveland in "Wright's 
Guards," on the 25th, where the company disbanded April 
30; services not accepted. Again enlisted at Painesville, 
Ohio, June 3, 1861, for a term of three years. Left for 
Camp Dennison on the 5th ; arrived on the 6th ; assigned to 
Company D, Seventh Regiment Ohio Infantry, on the 7th, 
and mustered in on June 19, 1861. Served as private to 
April I, 1862; as corporal to February 5, 1863; as sergeant 
to October i, 1863, and as first sergeant to date of discharge. 

He participated in battles at Cross Lanes, Virginia, Au- 
gust 26, 1861 ; Kernstown, Virginia, March 23; Port Re- 
public, Virginia, June 9; Cedar Mountain, Virginia. Au- 
gust 9, and Dumfries, Virginia, December 27, 1862 ; Chan- 
cellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2 and 3; Gettysburg, Penn- 
sylvania, July I, 2, and 3, and Lookout Mountain and Mis- 
sionary Ridge, Tennessee, and Ringgold, Georgia, Novem- 
ber 24, 25, and 27, 1863; Resaca and Dallas, Georgia, 
May 15 and 25, 1864. At battle of Port Republic was 
struck by missile in right breast, causing a severe contusion ; 
shot through left arm above elbow, in left breast, and right 
foot at Cedar Mountain, and in right hand at Ringgold. 
Pensioned for three gunshot wounds received in battle. He 
was discharged with his company, July 7, 1864, at Cleve- 
land Ohio, on expiration of term of service. 

He was married May 4, 1870, in Washington, D. C, to 
Miss Mary L. Abbott, of Painesville, Ohio, and four 
children, one son and three daughters, were born to them. 

He was employed as a clerk in the U. S. Treasury De- 
partment from March 9, 1865, to June 30, 1870. Grad- 




SERGEANT LAWRENCE WILSON 
(Miiy, 18()3.) 



COMPANY D 449 

iialccl in Medical Dcpailinciit of Georgetown College, D. C, 
class of 1870; practiced medicine and prosecuted claims 
against the United States until May. 1877; moved to Kan- 
sas ; located cattle ranch on Soldier Creek, Comanche 
County, and was postmaster at Soldier Creek, and resided 
there until January. 1884; was medical adviser and at- 
tendant for his neighbor ranchmen far and near ; located in 
Larned, Kansas, in drug store until February. 1885; served 
as agent of l)ureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, until October, 1885; notary public and real 
estate and livestock agent until elected mayor of the city of 
Larned in the springy of 1887; to Glasco, Kansas; presi- 
dent of the Glasco Flouring Mill Company, and operated 
flouring mill there from October, 1887, until October, 1888; 
to Topeka. Kansas, and Assistant Adjutant-General, De- 
partment of Kansas (with Oklahoma and Indian Territories 
attached). Grand Army of the Republic, until March. 1890; 
to Washington, D. C, and reappointed in Treasury Depart- 
ment. May 30. 1890; transferred to the Department of the 
Interior. September 26, 1890; promoted to medical exam- 
iner. June 19, 1897, where yet employed, in the Medical 
Division of the U. S. Bureau of Pensions. 

He is a Mason ; a member of the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Alliance, of Washington, D. C, and of the Grand Army of 
the Republic, and was president of the Twentieth Army 
Corps Association, and presided at the reunions of that or- 
ganization during the National Encampment of the Grand 
Army of the Republic at Saint Paul in 1896; at Buffalo, in 
1897; at Cincinnati, in 1898, and at Philadelphia, in 1899. 
when further election as president was declined. Resides at 
Woodside, Maryland. 



29 



EMORY WARREN FORCE. 

Emory Warren Force was born at Morrisville, Madison 
County, New York, December 25, 1840. His parents re- 
moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in the year 1849. He was 
educated in the common schools of both of those villages and 
had a good education. At the breaking out of the war ol 
the rebellion and the firing on Fort Sumter he was the firsi 
man to volunteer for three months at Chagrin Falls, OhiO; 
under the call of President Lincoln for 75,000 volunteers 
He enlisted for a period of three years in Company D 
Seventh O. V. I., on June 19, 1861, and was promoted tc 
the position of sergeant of his company. 

He participated in the battles of Cross Lanes and Win- 
chester and was in numerous skirmishes, until discharged 
from the service of the United States Mav 10, 1862, on ac- 
count of surgeon's certificate of disability, he having beer 
ruptured during his service. On his return from the arm) 
he settled again at Chagrin Falls, remaining there for sev- 
eral years engaged in commercial pursuits. In the yeai 
1877 he was commissioned as captain of Company G, Fif- 
teenth Regiment O. N. G., which he retained for severa: 
years, until obliged by physical' infirmities to resign from the 
service. 

In the year 1893 he was appointed as cashier in the ofiicc 
of the Collector of Internal Revenue at Cleveland, Ohio 
which he retained until appointed general agent for the 
Standard Sewing Machine Company, with headquarters a1 
Cleveland, Ohio. Afterward he engaged in the insurance 
and realty business for several years in that city. 

He was a member of Memorial Post G. A. R., secretary 
of the Seventh Regiment, Masonic bodies, etc. 

He marvied Miss Emily Jane Chapman, April 9, 1864, 
at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and they had three children — Wil- 
bur Charles, who died when nineteen months old, and Frank 




COLONEL EMORY W. FORCE 



(Sergt. Co. 1>, Tih (). V. I.— ("..1. '.Ill () 
— Di.a Juiii. -Jlst. 11»0».) 




EPHRAIM C. MILLER 



COMPANY D 451 

C. and Fred W. who are still living with their mother at 
Cleveland, Ohio. 

Colonel Force died June 21, 1904, from the effects of the 
disability he received while in the service. 

He was a good soldier, genial companion, and an all- 
around good fellow. 

Reqiiicscat in pace. 



WILLIAM CAIN. 

William Cain was born in New York City, N. Y., June 
13, 1842. His parents removed to Painesville, Lake 
County, Ohio, when he was quite young, and he was edu- 
cated in the common schools in that city. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, after the 
firing on Fort Sumter, he enlisted as a private in a company 
raised at Painesville, Ohio, April 22, 1861, which when 
mustered into the service of the United States for three 
months became Company D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 
June 19 he reenlisted in the same company for three years. 
He was promoted to sergeant for gallant and meritorious 
service in the face of the enemy. 

He participated in the following battles during the war: 
Blue's Gap, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Dum- 
fries, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, 
Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, and Rocky Face 
Ridge. He was a good soldier in every sense of the word. 

He was discharged from the service on expiration of term 
of enlistment of his regiment, July 6, 1864. Reenlisted 
February 28, 1865, in Company D, Fourth United States 
Veterans, and was mustered out of that regiment February 
28, 1866, at Tod Barracks, Columbus, Ohio. 

Comrade Cain never married, and has confined himself 
strictly to the business of railroading and brokerage since 
the war. 



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SERGEANT WILLIAM CAIN 




ALBERT C. COLWELL 



ALBERT COLWELL. 

Albert Colwell was born at Perry. Lake County, Ohio, 
February 22, 1842, and was educated in the common schools 
in tliat city. 

After the breaking out of the war he enlisted as a private 
in Company D. Seventh Regiment O. V. L, June 7, 1861, 
at Painesville, Ohio, and was mustered into the service of 
the United States at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 19, 1861. 
He states that he participated in all of the battles of the 
regiment except Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 1861, 
when he was back at Sutton, Virginia, sick. He was 
wounded at Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862, in 
the left ankle. 

He was mustered out with his regiment July 6, 1864, on 
account of expiration of its term of service. Recnlisted 
September 12, 1864, in Company D, One Hundred and Sev- 
enty-seventh Regiment O. V. L, and was discharged at 
Greensboro. North Carolina. June 24, 1865. 

February i, 1866, he married Miss Catherine E. Dramar 
at Fairport Harbor, Ohio. They have no children. He 
has been employed as an engineer since the war. His 
record as a soldier was good. 



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HENRY H. RHODES. 

Henry H. Rhodes was born about two miles from the 
city of Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1846. 
His parents were of old Pennsylvania Dutch stock and emi- 
grated to Painesville, Ohio, when he was five years of age. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion after the 
firing on Fort Sumter he enlisted as a private in Company 
D, Seventh Regiment O. V, I. (at the age of fifteen, al- 
though he claimed to be nineteen years of age so as to pass 
muster), April 21, 1861. Reenlisted in the three years' ser- 
vice June 19. 

He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes, 
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Port Republic, Virginia, June 
9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862; Dug 
Gap, Georgia, May 8, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 
1864 ; Pumpkin Vine Creek, Dallas, and New Hope Church, 
Georgia, May 25 to June i, 1864. He was wounded at 
Cedar Mountain and was mustered out of the service on 
expiration of term of service of his regiment, July 6, 1864. 

He married Miss Edith A. Ellis, at Panama, Chautauqua 
County, New York, March 31, 1869, and one son and four 
daughters were born to them. 

Since the war he has been employed as a stationary en- 
gineer in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and now resides at 
Painesville, Ohio. 

At Port Republic, where so many color-bearers were shot 
down, Rhodes for a time carried the regimental colors. 



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HENRY H. RHODES 




EDWIN E. GREEN 



DAk'PS ACA-AZt 



/ 




MAJOR GENERAL JOHN W. SPRAGUE 

(Capt. Co. E, 7th O. V. I.— Maj. Gen. Vols. 
— Dipfl Dpi-. 24th, 1893.) 



Facinc oaee 



COMPANY E. 



JOHN WILSON SPRAGUE. 

Gen. John Wilson Spragiic was born April 4. 181 7, at 
White Creek. Washington County, N. Y. Educated in com- 
mon schools, and entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 
Troy, N. Y., in 1830, but was not graduated. In 1845 re- 
moved to Huron. Erie County, Ohio, and engaged in mer- 
cantile business. In 1851-52 was treasurer of Erie County. 

Entered war of rebellion in 1861 as captain of Company 
E. Seventh Regiment O. V. I. ; was prisoner of war same 
year, and in 1862 was made colonel of the Sixty-third Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to brigadier-general in 
1864, and brevetted major-general in 1865; was offereil 
lieutenant-colonelcy in United States Army, which he de- 
clined. After the war was in charge of Freedmen's Bureau 
in one of its departments. Was appointed general manager 
of Winona & Saint Peter Railroad, Minnesota. Removed 
to Washington Territory in 1870, having been made super- 
intendent and general agent of the Northern Pacific Rail- 
road, from which he resigned in 1882. Was one of com- 
mittee which selected Tacoma as western terminus of that 
railroad, and latter portion of his life was devoted to ad- 
vancing interests of that city; was its first mayor, promi- 
nent in its financial circles, president of the National liank. 
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, and the Tacoma Steam 
Navigation Company: held many offices of trust and re- 
sponsibility. When Washington was admitted as a State 
was second choice for United States Senator. 

Was married three times, his first wife being Miss Lucy 
Wright (daughter of Judge Jabez Wright, of Huron). Mrs. 
J(3hn W. Wickham (now of Buffalo. N. Y.). being their 
only child. His second wife was Miss Julia F. Choatc. of 

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456 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Milan, Ohio, to whom four sons were born. The third wife 
was Mrs. Alexander Vance, also a daughter of Judge 
Wright. His declining years were spent in ease and lux- 
ury. He died at Tacoma, Washington, on December 24, 
1893. 




CAPTAIN CHARLES A. WEED 
(.Died, 1895.) 



CHARLES A. WEED. 

Capt. Charles A. Weed was born in Painesville, Ohio, 
March 20, 1839. He was educated in the common schools 
of that town. 

After the firing on Fort Sumter at the breaking out of the 
war of the rebelhon he enhsted as a private in a company 
raised at Painesville for a period of three months. Wlien 
mustered into the service of the United States it became 
known as Company D, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., in which 
he served as first sergeant. He reenlisted for three years, 
June 19, and was rapidly promoted to the position of first 
lieutenant and captain, for soldierly conduct in the face of 
the enemy. 

He participated in the battle of of Cross Lanes, Virginia ; 
Winchester, Virginia; Port Republic, Virginia; Cedar 
Mountain, Virginia; Antietam, Maryland, and Dumfries, 
Virginia. He resigned February 22, 1863. 

A\fter his return to civil life he became engaged in the 
construction of various railroads, notably the Union Pacific 
under Gen. J- S. Casement. 

He died at Tampico. Mexico, on August 28, 1895, and his 
sole escort to the grave consisted of Confederate soldiers 
who 'were living there and who had befriended him during 
his illness. 

Requicscal in pace. 



ARTHUR T. WILCQX. 

Capt. Arthur T. Wilcox was born in the year 1835. He 
was educated in the common schools and at Ann Arbor Col- 
lege, Michigan, studying while there civil engineering, in 
which he became very proficient. 

He enlisted April 22, 1861, as a private in a company 
raised at Huron, Ohio, for three months, and was elected 
second lieutenant. This company when mustered into the 
service of the United States was assigned to the Seventh 
Regiment O. V. I. as Company E. He reenlisted in same 
company for three years and was promoted to captain for 
brave and meritorious service in battle. 

He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes, 
Virginia, where he was captured by the enemy and confined 
in various Southern prisons, and did not rejoin his regiment 
for over a year ; Dumfries, Virginia; Chancellorsville, Vir- 
ginia ; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ; Lookout Mountain and 
Missionary Ridge, Tennessee; Ringgold, Georgia; Dalton, 
Georgia; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia, 
and Dallas, or New Hope Church, Georgia. He was mus- 
tered out with his regiment on the expiration of its term of 
service, July 6, 1864. 

He reenlisted and raised a new regiment, composed 
largely of veterans of old organizations, and was appointed 
its colonel. On muster into the service it became the One 
Hundred and Seventy-Seventh Regiment O. V. L He par- 
ticipated with this regiment in the battles of Murfreesboro, 
Tennessee; Fort Anderson, North Carolina, and Town 
Creek, North Carolina, and moved on Raleigh, North Caro- 
lina, where Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered such 
Southern forces as he commanded. Mustered out with his 
regiment June 24, 1865, at Greensboro, North Carolina. 

After the war was over he resumed his old business as a 
civil engineer. He was engaged with Gen. J. S. Casement, 
and under him in the construction of the Union Pacific and 




COLONEL ARTHUR T. WILCOX 
(Capt. Co. K, Tth U. V. I. — Coloiu-I ITTtli O. V. 1, — I)i»d. l9ol.) 



COMPANY K 459 

Other railroads in the United States, and died in the year 
1904, while engaged in the construction of a railroad in Cen- 
tral America under the same party. 

He married Miss Julia L. Morehouse, June 12, 1861, at 
Lyons, Huron County, Ohio, and they had four children 
born to them. 

He was a zealous officer ami a brave man. 



JOSEPH S. CLARKE. 

Joseph S. Clarke, of Cleveland, was identified with the 
old True Democrat, Leader, Herald, Plain Dealer, Ohio 
Farmer, and the early printing offices. Attended private 
and public schools and colleges ; studied medicine, theology, 
politics, and social science. Educated in principles of aboli- 
tion, and foresaw war between North and South. Appren- 
ticed to printing profession for seven years, passing through 
all grades to those of manager, publisher, editor, and pro- 
prietor. Learned telegraphy^ and received first message 
over first Atlantic cable ("What hath God wrought") sent 
by Queen Victoria to President Pierce. Averse to civic 
soldier life, and when asked to join Cleveland Light Guards 
or Sprague Cadets (splendid military organizations with 
which his companions were identified) said he would be first 
to volunteer in case of war. While at Oberlin was arrested 
and ordered to prison for supposed participation in "under- 
ground railroad" and John Brown's Harper's Ferry expedi- 
tion. Enlisted April 13, 1861, being first to volunteer in 
Cleveland. On "Cotton Mountain" campaign, in western 
Virginia, volunteered to obtain knowledge of strength of 
enemy; made his way through mountain passes into rebel 
bivouacs, secured data desired, and reported it to Lieut.-Col. 
Creighton. At Charleston, informed Colonel Tyler of ob- 
servations of enemy, resulting in withdrawal from that 
place. Wounded in left ankle at Romney, January 11, 
1862; in arm and groin at Cedar Mountain, August 9, 
1862; and in right side at Antietam, September 17, 1862, 
his haversack, in which was his journal of events from en- 
listment to that date, as well as writing material, being shot 
away; in that battle saw General Hooker wounded and 
General Mansfield killed. Ordered under arrest for en- 
deavoring to leave hospital before wound was healed, but 
defied surgeon in charge and reached regiment in safety. 
Prisoner within enemy's lines at Bristow Station and Har- 




JOSEPH S. CLARKE 




EPHRAIM J. SMITH 



COMPANY E 461 

pcr's Ferry. On second IWill Uiiii canipaJL;!!. ratinns being 
very scarce, while eating a cracker was asked by a general 
officer, "Have you another of those?" — responded by giving 
his only remaining hardtack ; that officer was the beloved 
Gen. N. P. Banks. Commissioned to visit Washington to 
locate wounded officers; that duty performed, paid his re- 
spects to President Lincoln and wife at their cottage at Sol- 
diers' Home, where he had a delightful talk with them. 
Promoted to sergeant July 4. 1863. Discharged for disa- 
bility August 22, 1863. With Medical Department of 
Army to close of war. Married, June 13, 1865. As op- 
portunity offered, while in army, was correspondent of 
Leader and Herald, Cleveland ; and Christian Register, Bos- 
ton. Contributor to many publications. Was clerk in 
Cleveland post-office, and has held important positions in 
that city and Philadelphia. R'^-'des in Washington, D. C. 



JOHN WANTON WICKHAM. 

John Wanton Wickham was born at Huron, Ohio, Feb- 
ruary 21, 1844. He attended the common schools at Hu- 
ron, until at the age of sixteen he went into the employ of 
one of the village stores, in which employment he continued 
until on August 22, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Com- 
pany E of the Seventh Ohio Regiment, which was then re- 
cruiting to replace losses suffered in the battle at Cross 
Lanes, Virginia, August 26, 1861, and joined the regiment 
with a band of recruits at Charleston, Virginia, in October 
of that year. 

On March 23, 1862, the regiment took part in the battle 
of Winchester, Virginia, he being in action throughout that 
fight. He also took part in the battle of Cedar Mountain, 
Virginia, August 9, 1862, where he was severely wounded in 
the leg. From the effects of this injury his limb has never 
fully recovered. Confined for some time at the Mansion 
Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia, he was discharged from the 
service November 23, 1862, and returned to his home at 
Huron, Ohio. 

Mr. Wickham married Miss Lucy L. Sprague, daughter 
of Gen. John W. Sprague, at Milan, Ohio, February 6, 1866. 
They have two sons, Walter M. and Addison S., both living. 

After his discharge from the army Mr. Wickham entered 
a general store at Huron as clerk, and served in that capacity 
until in 1864 he associated himself with his father in busi- 
ness. In 1878 he was elected to the directory of the Wheel- 
ing & Lake Erie Railway, and served as president of the 
company in 1878 and 1879, and was instrumental in secur- 
ing the construction of the first twelve miles of the trackage 
of that railroad — from Huron to Norwalk, Ohio. In 1898 
he gave up business at Huron and removed to Buffalo, N. 
Y., where he became associated with the Dormer Fish Com- 
pany, with which company he is still connected. 

His present address is Buffalo, New York. 

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JOHN W. WICKHAM 




CAPTAIN HARLOW N. SPENCER 
(1st Lieut. Co. F, 7th O. V. I. — Capt. Co. K. ITTth O. V. I.) 



COMPANY P. 



HARLOW NATHANIEL Si'ENCHR. 

Harlow Nathaniel Spencer, only child of Orrin and Mc- 
hitabel (Hall) Spencer, born in Claridon, Geauga County, 
Ohio. August 13, 1825. He was educated in the common 
schools of his county. Raised a farmer, twice elected treas- 
urer of his county. 

Raised forty recruits for the Seventh Regiment O. V. L 
in August. 1862, and was appointed second lieutenant. Left 
with them for the front, September i, the day his office of 
county treasurer expired. One of his recruits was rejected 
by the examining surgeons at Columbus, Ohio. Joined his 
regiment on Loudoun Heights, near Harper's Ferry, Vir- 
ginia, with thirty-nine men, twenty-three being assigned to 
Company F and sixteen to Company H. his own assignment 
being to Company F. Was promoted to the position of 
captain. 

He participated in the following battles : Dumfries, Vir- 
ginia, December 27, 1862; Chancellorsville. Virginia, May 
I, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2. and 
3. 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 24, 
1863: Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863; 
Ringgold, Georgia. November 27. 1863 (wounded in the 
latter battle) : Dug Gap, Georgia. May 9. 1864; Pumpkin 
Vine Creek, Georgia, May 25, 1864 (wounded in the latter- 
named battle, losing his right eye), and numerous skir- 
mishes. 

He was mustered out of the sen-ice with his regiment 
July 6, 1864, on account of expiration of its term of service. 
About three weeks later he received a recruiting commis- 
sion from Governor John Brough to help raise a new regi- 
ment, and was appointed captain of Company K, One Hun- 

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464 SEVENTH RE:GIMKNT OHIO VOIvUNTEElR INt'ANTRY 

dred and Seventy-seventh Regiment O. V. I., and was mus- 
tered out as such June 25, 1865. 

He emigrated to Adams County, Nebraska, in the fall of 
1880, engaging in stock and dairy business, until the spring 
of 1898, when he removed to Eureka Springs, Carroll^ 
County, Arkansas, where he still resides. 

November 11, 1846, he married Miss Rossetta, daughter 
of Hamilton and Polly (Squires) Utley, of Newburg town- 
ship Geauga county, Ohio. They had two children, Mrs. 
Flora S. Hawley and Lawrence U. Spencer, both living in 
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. His wife died in the latter 
named city, December 17, 1901. 

He v/as like a father to his company while in the service. 




MAJOR MARCUS S. HOPKINS 
1st I.i.-ul. Co. K. Till (». V. 1. -MMJur V,.|.T:m Urs.TV,. ('..rps.) 




GEORGE H. DAVIS 



GEORGE H. DAVIS. 

George H. Davis is an inmate of the Soldiers' and Sail- 
ors' Home, at Sandusky. Ohio. He was born and reared 
at Hudson, Ohio, and educated in the common schools. 

He enlisted June 20, 1861. in Cleveland, Ohio, and was 
assigjied to Company F, Seventh Ohio Infantry, and served 
as private and teamster. He drove the ammunition wagon 
at Cross Lanes. Port Republic, and Gettysburg, and was 
then headquarters teamster to the end of his serv'ice. 

He was mustered out with his company at Cleveland July 
6. 1864. and subsequently entered the service of the Govern- 
ment as teamster. Since the war he has followed the oc- 
cupation of coachman, mostly in the city of Cleveland. He 
never married, but has lived a life of single blessedness. He 
is now comfortably situated in the Ohio State Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Home, where he expects to remain during the rest 
of his days. 



30 



ALFRED WATSON MORLEY. 

Alfred Watson Morley was born at Kirtland, Lake 
County, Ohio. He was educated in the common schools of 
his native town. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion after the 
firing on Fort Sumter he enlisted as a private in the three 
months' service April 21, 1861, in Company F, Seventh 
Regiment O. V. L Reenlisted for three years 
June 19. He participated in the battles of Port Re- 
public, Virginia, June 9, 1862; Antietam, Maryland, Sep- 
tember 17, 1862, and Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, 
and 3, 1863. He was wounded at Port Republic and Antie- 
tam and transferred to the invalid corps in December, 1863. 
He was mustered out of the service June 26, 1864, at Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

He was married at Perry, Lake County, Ohio, November 
15, 1868, and has two daughters living. He has been em- 
ployed as a carriage-maker since the war, at Cleveland, 
Kirtland, Painesville, Youngstown, all in the State of Ohio, 
Meridian, Mississippi, and other places too numerous to 
mention. 

He served his country well. 



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ALFRED W. MORLEY 




RUDOLPH WINZENRIED 
(Priviil,- Cn. V. Till I). V. 1. -('..rpl T... (;, Mli •• \ I ) 




CAPTAIN WILLIAM D. BRADEN 



COMPANY G. 



WILLIAM D. BRADEN. 

Capt. William D. Braclen was born at Harlansbnrg, rcnn- 
sylvania. He was educated in the common schools of his 
native city. After the breaking out of the war he enlisted 
as a private, June 20, 1861, at Warren, Ohio, in Company 
H, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., and was rapidly promoted 
on account of soldierly conduct to the position of captain. 
He was mustered out as such July 6, 1864. on account of 
expiration of term of service of the regiment. 

Captain Braden participated in several battles during the 
war and was wounded at Cedar Mountain, Virginia. Au- 
gust 9, 1862, and Ringgold. Georgia, November 27, 1863. 

In April, 1871, he married Martha Nelson, at Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania, who died in May, 1871, at Titusville, Penn- 
sylvania, leaving no children. 

He has been engaged since leaving the Army as a con- 
tractor in drilling for oil, gas, and water. 

His record as an ofificer and soldier was first class. Now 
resides at San Jose, California. 



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HARRY M. DEAN. 

Harry M. Dean was born at Meadville, Pennsylvania, 
January 20, 1842. He was educated in the common schools 
of his native city. At the breaking out of the war of the 
rebellion, after the firing on Fort Sumter, he enlisted in a 
company raised at Ravenna, Ohio, April 22, 1861, which 
on being mustered into the service of the United States was 
assigned to the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. as Company G, 
the enlistment of the company being for three months. He 
reenlisted for three years, June 19, 1861. 

He participated in all of the leading battles which his 
regiment was engaged in, and was wounded through both 
legs at Port Republic, Virginia, June 9, 1862. He was pro- 
moted to the position of first lieutenant for gallantry in the 
face of the enemy, and honorably discharged from the ser- 
vice on the expiration of the term of service of his regiment, 
July 6, 1864. 

He reenlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth 
Regiment O. V. I., and was commissioned as its adjutant in 
two weeks after his discharge from the service in the Sev- 
enth Regiment O. V. I., and served with it until the close of 
the war, and was discharged therefrom at Columbus, Ohio, 
in the month of July, 1865, with the commission of cap- 
tain, but was never mustered. 

He was married and had two children, of whom one 
daughter survives. He has been a building contractor since 
the war up to the year 1885, when he entered the service of 
R. R. Cr. Co. as foreman of interior finishing department. 
His residence at present is at Goshen, Indiana. 



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CAPTAIN HARRY M. DEAN 
(1st Lii-ut. Co. C;, 7th (). v. 1. — I'jiiil. ITltli O. V. I.) 



Mge 468 




CORPORAL JAMES N. HARTZELL 



JAMES N. HARTZELL. 

James N. Hartzell was born in Beaver Coiaity, Pennsyl- 
vania, in the year 1838. His parents emigrated to Deer- 
fiekl, Portage County, Ohio, when he was a youngster, and 
he was educated in the common schools of that town. 

He joined Company G, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., as a 
recruit in May, 1861, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and was 
mustered into the three years' service June 19, 1861. He 
was promoted to corporal in that company, and participated 
in the following battles: Cross Lanes, Virginia, August 
j 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Va.. March 23, 1862; Port Repub- 
I lie, Virginia, June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Au- 
gust 9, 1862; Dumfries, Virginia, December 2^, 1862; 
Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863; Gettys- 
burg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3, 1863; Lookout Moun- 
tain, Tennessee, November 24, 1863; Missionary Ridge, 
Tennessee, November 25, 1863, and Ringgold, Georgia, No- 
vember 27, 1863. He was mustered out with his regiment 
on the expiration of its term of service, July 6, 1864. 

In 1865 he married Miss S. M. Loutham, of Beaver 
County, Pennsylvania, and they had three sons and one 
daughter. 

He has been engaged since the war in sawmilling, farm- 
ing, lumbering, stave tract, electric lighting, and milling. 
He is a man of versatile knowledge of different kinds of 
work. 



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HUMPHREY B. OWEN. 

Humphrey B. Owen was born in the year 1841. He was 
educated in the common schools. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebelhon after the 
firing on Fort Sumter he enhsted as a private in Company 
G, Seventh Regiment O. V. I., at Ravenna, Ohio, and 
was mustered into the service of the United States at 
Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 19, 1861, for three years. 
His regiment was ordered to West Virginia, and he 
participated in the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port 
Republic, Cedar Mountain (wounded), Chancellors ville 
(wounded, rib being broken), Antietam, Gettysburg, Look- 
out Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold (wounded in 
leg). Rocky Face Ridge, and Dallas, or New Hope Church. 

He was never compelled to go to a hospital on account of 
illness. He was a good soldier and tried to do his whole 
duty while in the face of the enemy, and did it. 

He was mustered out of the service v/ith his regiment, 
July 6, 1864, on expiration of its term of service. 



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CORPORAL H JMPHREY B. OWEN 




SAMUEL S. FISHER 




ISAIAH B. GREEN 




ANTHONY W. HORNER 



ANTHONY WAYNE HORNER. 

Anthony Wayne Horner was born at Berlin. Trumbull 
County. Ohio, now Malwning County, June 3. 1841. He 
was educated in the common schools in that vicinity. 

He enlisted for the three years' service at Camp Dennison. 
Ohio. June 20, 1861, and was assigned to Company G, Sev- 
enth Regiment O. V. I. He participated in the following 
battles: Cross Lanes, Virginia. August 26, 1861 ; Win- 
chester. Virginia. March 23. 1862; Port Republic, Virginia, 
June 9, 1862; Chancellorsville, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3. 
1863 ; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July i, 2, and 3. 1863, and 
various skirmishes. He was mustered out on expiration of 
the term of service of his regiment July 6, 1864. He was 
captured at Chancellorsville. Virginia, but escaped the same 
night. 

February 6. 1866. he married Miss Sophrona E. Rose, 
at Deerfiel'd, Portage County. Ohio. They had seven boys 
and three daughters born to them. 

He entered the service of the P. F. W. & C. Ry. in the 
year 1867, and remains with them up to the present time. 
He lost his right leg in a railroad wreck in the year 1869. 



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COMPANY H. 



CHRISTIAN W. NESPER. 

Capt. Christian W. Nesper was born in the village of 
Flein in the Kingdom of Wurtemburg, in the year 1838. 
He was educated in the schools of his native village until his 
thirteenth year. He imbibed a strong love for boating, fish- 
ing, and simple water craft on the River Neckar, near which 
his parents resided, and decided to go to sea when he was 
thirteen years old. He sailed the oceans of the earth in all 
climes, first as cabin-boy and then before the mast. On one 
of these trips he had an attack of yellow fever at an East 
India port and was left on shore. After his recovery he 
joined another ship and sailed until the year 1855, when he 
landed at New York, quitting sailing for all time, and came 
to Cleveland, Ohio, where he had a sister living. He 
learned the trade of making cigars and commenced business 
for himself. On account of his previous active out-door 
life he joined the old "Cleveland Turn Verein" for exercise, 
amusement, and to learn military drill, and while a member 
of this association he made friends of Joe Krieger, E. H. 
Bohm, and others, and continued these friendships through 
life. 

At the breaking out of the war of the rebellion he enlisted 
as a private in the National Guard for three months, 
April 18, 1 86 1, and this organization was assigned to the 
Seventh Regiment O. V. I. as Company K, and was known 
as such during the war. He reenlisted for three years June 
25, 1 86 1, and was rapidly promoted to captain for brave 
and meritorious conduct in the face of the enemy. He re- 
tained this position until the muster out of his regiment on 
account of expiration of its term of service July 6, 1864. 

He participated in the following battles : Cross Lanes, 
Virginia, August 26, 1861; Winchester, Virginia, March 




CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN W. NESPER 
(Died Sept. 1st, 1881.) 



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COMPANY H 473 

23, 1862; Port Republic, June 9, 1862; Cedar Mountain. 
Virginia, August 9. 1862 (wounded slightly in tiie latter 
battle) ; Second Bull Run campaign. August 20 to Septem- 
ber I. 1862: Antietam, Maryland, September 17, 18^)2; 
Dumfries, Virginia, December 2"], 1862; Chancellorsville. 
Virginia. ]\Iay i, 2. and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 
July I, 2, and 3, 1863; Lookout Mountain. Tennessee, X(^- 
vember 24. 1863; Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 

25, 1863; Ringgold. Georgia. November 27, 1863 (in the 
latter battle shot through both hips and dangerously 
wounded) ; Dug Gap. Georgia. May 8. 1864; Rocky Face 
Kidge. Georgia, May 11. 1864: Resaca. Georgia, May 13 
and 15, 1864; New Hope Church, or Dallas, Georgia, May 

26, 1864. 

On his return to civil life he commenced again his old 
business, and opened a factory for the manufacture of cigars 
in connection with a store on Ontario street, Cleveland. 
Ohio. 

October 25, 1866. he married Miss Mary Meyer, and they 
had two children, one boy and one girl. He died September 
I. 1881. 

He was a brave and patriotic officer and soldier, and was 
beloved by all of his old comrades. 

Requicscof in pace. 



ARTHUR ALBION CAVANNAH. 

(Compiled by his daughter, L,ucretia.) 

Born at Burlington, March 12, 1842. Volunteered April 
16, 1 86 1. Mustered into Company H, Seventh Regiment, 
at Camp Taylor, Cleveland. Reenlisted on second call, 
same regiment, and participated in Cross Lanes, Loop 
Creek, and Blue's Gap expeditions, and battle of Winches- 
ter, where he was severely wounded. He rejoined regiment 
near Culpeper, and participated in battles of Cedar Moun- 
tain and Antietam. He was mustered out of the service on 
account of disability in 1862. 

When seven years old his father died. His mother, 
whose family was of the Society of Friends (Quakers), 
moved the family to Philadelphia, near Camden, her old 
home. Arthur attended school until fourteen years of age, 
when his mother's brother took him to Cleveland, where he 
again attended school and later the Agricultural College. 
Upon the discovery of oil in Mecca he went there, and was 
engaged in drilling when Sumter was fired upon. After his 
return from the army he married Miss Katharine Snyder of 
Euclid', Pennsylvania. He entered the service of the Cleve- 
land Fire Department in 1863; was its secretary ten years, 
and captain of Mazeppa No. i. He became Assistant Chief 
in 1880. He devised the fire pipe line system for the fire 
boats, which has since been extended in Cleveland, and 
adopted by other cities, resulting in large saving in expense 
of hose and delay of laying long lines. He promulgated 
what is known as the fire cadet system, whereby young men 
entering the Cleveland department as cadets have two years 
of training before being accepted as firemen, advancing in 
grade and salary each six months as they show progress, or 
are rejected. After more than thirty years, during which 
time he received many bad injuries, he retired upon the 
urgent solicitation of his family. 

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ARTHUR A. CAVANNAH 




CHARLES T. GARRARD 



(Private Co. H, 



rth O. V. I. — Regimental Q. M. Serg't 
6th U. S. Cavalry.) 



facing pag 



CHARLES T. GARRARD. 

Charles T. Garrard enlisted Oetober 5, 1861, at Warren. 
Ohio, and remained at Warren about one week, then left for 
the front via Cleveland, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio, where 
he was mustered in. From there the company w-ent to Cin- 
cinnati. Ohio, and drew uniforms, and then up the Ohio 
River to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, thence via the Kan- 
awha River to Charleston, West Virginia. The regiment at 
that time was at Gauley Bridge on a reconnaissance. lie 
was constantly with the regiment through its various winter 
campaigns until it reached the vicinity of Winchester. Was 
at the battle of Winchester March 23, 1862, and at the battle 
of Port Republic, June 9, 1862, and at this battle he assisted 
Capt. Geo. L. Wood of Company D, who was severely 
w^ounded in the thigh, off the field, never leaving him until 
he reached an ambulance. Lieutenant King, quartermaster, 
assisted greatly, as he furnished a Confederate officer's cap- 
tured horse to carry Captain Wood off the field. Captain 
Wood was nearly midway between the Union and Confed- 
erate lines when discovered, and needed assistance. We 
were retiring at the time in good order. This was after the 
regiment had fallen back about seventeen miles and formed 
a junction with the balance of the division. 

He then went to Alexandria with the Seventh and camped 
near Fort Ellsworth, where their muskets were changed for 
Springfield rifles. He was with the regiment at the l)attle 
of Cedar Mountain. At this battle the regiment suffered 
terribly, over two out of three being killed or wounded, and 
he would have been there yet if Adjutant Molyneaux had 
not come through the smoke to the right of the regiment 
with an order to fall back, and when he got back a little he 
found there were only two in this retreat, namely Corporal 
Trimmer and himself. The balance of the regiment had al- 
ready left the field. Then followed the various cami)aigns 
in and around the second battle of Bull Run and Chantilly. 

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476 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOI.UNTEER INEANTRY 

and thence through Maryland to South Mountain. Was at 
the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, and with the 
regiment in camp on Loudoun Heights, Virginia. On Oc- 
tober 23, 1862, under a general order from the War De- 
partment, he enlisted for the remainder of his time in the 
Sixth U. S. Cavalry, and was discharged as regimental 
quartermaster sergeant, Sixth U. S. Cavalry. 




REUBEN R. HINE 




SURGEON ROBERT D. MURRAY 



(Private Co. H, 7th O. V. I. — Surgeon U. S. Marine 
Hospital Corps.) 



ROBERT DRAKE MURRAY. 

Robert Drake Murray was born at Ohlton, Trumbull 
County. Ohio, April 21, 1845. He was a son of Joseph 
Arbor and Nancy (Drake) Murray and grandson of John 
Ferguson Murray. He was educated in the coniuKMi 
schools at Bluffton. Ohio, and was licensed to teach school 
at fifteen and again at eighteen years of age. 

He enlisted as a private in Company H. Seventh Regi- 
ment O. V. I., April 19, 1 861, for three months, and reen- 
listed for three years June 19, 1861. He participated in 
the battles of Cross Lanes. Winchester, Port Republic. 
Cedar Mountain. Virginia, and Antietam, Maryland, and 
was honorably discharged from the service of the United 
States November 29. 1S62, on account of a severe wound 
received in action. 

September 9. 1863, he reenlisted as a private in the 
Twelfth O. V. C. and was promoted to the position of brevet 
lieutenant. Was wounded four times; was a prisoner of 
war nearly five months, and was discharged from the service 
July 10, 1865. 

After the war he commenced the study of medicine at the 
Tripler U. S. Army Hospital at Columbus. Ohio, in the year 
1865. and the Cleveland Medical College, receiving the de- 
gree of M. D. in 1868 in the latter named college, and then 
took a course in the Jefferson Medical College, graduating 
as M. D. in 1871. having l^een resident physician to Philadel- 
phia Hospital eighteen months — 1 870-1 871. 

Dr. Murray was appointed acting assistant surgeon. I'. 
S. Navy. 1871-72, and was on active duty in the United 
States Hospital Service after April, 1872, serving at Key 
West, Florida: New Orleans, Louisiana; Norfolk, Vir- 
ginia; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee, and 
Gulf Quarantine. Mississippi. 

He was a specialist on yellow fever and was always called 
upon by his superior officers when that dread scourge in- 



478 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INFANTRY 

vaded the United States. Nineteen years of his hfe were 
spent in fighting it in various cities in the South, 

He was postmaster at Bluffton, Ohio, in 1865, 1866, and 
has been connected with all of the leading medical associa- 
tions since 1870. He was a member of the Odd Fellows. 
He was a free and accepted Mason and Knight Templar. 
He was a member of the G. A. R. and U. V. U., Seventh 
Regiment O. V. I., and Twelfth O. V. C. Associations, and 
National Association of United States Ex-Prisoners of 
War. 

Dr. Murray was a prolific writer on medical subjects and 
his publications were accepted as authority on everything 
connected with yellow fever. 

He married, in 1875, Miss Lillie, daughter of Rev. C. A. 
Falwood, at Key West, Florida. She died at Ship Island 
Quarantine, in 1881, leaving five children — three daughters, 
Gillie, Rebah, Karlie; and two sons, Robert Falwood and 
Joseph Arbor Murray. 

Dr. Murray died at Laredo, Texas, November 22, 1903. 




SALMON S. PELTON 




GEORGE W. OLIVER 



GEORGK W. OrjVKR. 

George W. Oliver was born in Lancaster County, Penn- 
sylvania, on October 19, 1827, and received a common 
school education. 

He enlisted August 1 1, 1862, in Cleveland, Ohio, and was 
assigned to Company H, Seventh O. V. I., and joined his 
command on October 9, 1862, on Loudoun Heights, Vir- 
ginia. He served faithfully and honorably and participated 
in the battles of Dumfries, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, 
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, 
New Hope Church, Pine Knob and at Kenesaw Moun- 
tain, Georgia, on June 19, 1864, where he was wounded and 
suffered amputation of his right leg above the knee, and 
was thus disabled from further service. Before his dis- 
charge he was transferred to the rolls of Company G, Fifth 
Ohio Infantry. October 31, 1864, and was discharged at 
Camp Dennison, Ohio, on June 21, 1865. He was a miller 
by trade, and for twenty-five years followed that occupation 
at Ohltown, Hubbard, and Girard, Ohio. 

He was thrice married, the last time on September i, 
1872. to Arcana McCartney of Girard, Ohio. His daugh- 
ter, Dorothy Edelyn Oliver, who has taken an interest in 
her father's record as a faithful and gallant soldier, is now 
Mrs. William J. Grant, of Washington, D. C. at 219 North 
Capitol street. 

When Comrade Oliver became disabled from rheuma- 
tism and the infirmities of age. in accordance with a cher- 
ished desire, on Januai*y 6, 1903, he was admitted to the 
State Soldiers' Home at Sandusky, Ohio, where he died on 
April 18, 1905, and was buried in the cemetery there. His 
record as a soldier is one of which his ancestry may well be 
proud, as he w^as not only faithful and true, but brave and 
gallant in the face of the enemy, and shed his blood upon the 
battlefield of Kenesaw Mountain for his country. 



ADDISON WHITE. 

Addison White was born in Southington, Ohio, on July 
24, 1841, and was educated in the common schools of that 
day. 

He enlisted at Warren, Ohio, in Company H, Seventh 
Ohio Infantry, and was mustered in at Camp Dennison, 
Ohio, on June 20, 1861. He served as a private soldier all 
through his three years' service, declining promotion repeat- 
edly offered him. 

He participated in battle at Cross Lanes, Kernstown, 
Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam and Dumfries, 
when he was detailed as a stretcher-bearer in the ambulance 
corps of Geary's division of the Twelfth Army Corps, and 
filled this position gallantly at' Chancellors ville and Gettys- 
burg, going well to the front and bringing off to a place of 
safety severely wounded and disabled comrades. 

At Gettysburg, during the terrific artillery duel between 
the two armies on July 3, 1863, while passing a battery 
whose men had been so reduced by the enemy's shot and 
shell as to leave scarcely enough men to serve the guns, Ad- 
dison White, like the brave and gallant soldier that he was, 
volunteered to assist the gunners, and' did so until the artil- 
lery firing, before the great charge, ended. He fought at 
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, and 
Ringgold, Georgia, in the Southwest, and was severely 
wounded at the latter place. He was mustered out July 7, 
1864, at Cleveland, Ohio, with his company. 

He was married July 27, 1864, in Southington, Ohio, to 
Maryetta Curtis, to whom two sons and three daughters 
were born. He died of blood poisoning from his wound, 
which never healed, but gradually grew worse, until after 
untold suffering he died in Nelson, Ohio, on May 9, 1901, 
and was buried at Southington Center, near where he had 
lived for so many years. 




ADDISON WHITE 



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COMPANY H 4S1 

Addison White was a man who <:^avc his h'fc to his coun- 
try's cause ; a good citizen ; a kind and indulgent husband 
and father; a good comrade and a true and faithful friend. 
May his soul rest in peace. 



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' RILEY WHITE. 

Riley White was born in October, 1844, in Southington 
township, Trumbull County, Ohio, and was educated in 
common district schools. 

He enlisted at Warren, Ohio, on October 7, 1861, as a 
recruit in Company H, Seventh Ohio Infantry, and joined 
the regiment at Charleston, West Virginia. He was at 
Romney, and on the scout to Blue's Gap ; starved and froze 
with his comrades at Phillip's Cross Roads; in battles at 
Kernstown, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam. 
He was taken seriously ill at Harper's Ferry, and on No- 
vember 19, 1862, was discharged on certificate of disability 
to save his life. By reason of his youth and rapid growth, 
like many others. Pope's retreat from Culpeper to Sharps- 
burg wore him out. On February 7, 1865, he reenlisted in 
Company H, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry, 
and served until September 19, 1865, when he was dis- 
charged at Nashville, Tennessee. 

On April 26, 1866, he married Lucy Philpot, at Kilgore, 
Carroll County, Ohio. Two sons and three daughters were 
born to them. Since the war he has been a farmer. 

On June 9. 1862, while in battle at Port Republic, Vir- 
ginia, Riley White — then fighting beside his elder brother, 
Addison — remembered his father (whom he called "Pap"), 
and wishing him to have some part in the lively contest then 
going on with Stonewall Jackson's champion fighters, Riley 
stepped up closely to his brother and said, "Add, let's load 
up and give 'em one for Pap !" Addison consented, and af- 
ter carefully loading for the occasion, they took deliberate 
aim and fired a modest volley of two pieces, in honor and 
memory of their good loyal father, who then had five of his 
six sons, then old enough to go to war, at the front. 

Riley White now resides in Warren, Ohio. 

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— Died March 14th, 1881.) 



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ERNST J. KRIEGER. 

Capt. Ernst J. Kricgcr was born in Germany in the year 
1833. He was educated in the common schools of his na- 
li\-e country, and was especially proficient in his native lan- 
i;ua!;e. He emigrated with his parents to the United States 
when he was young and settled at Cleveland, Ohio. 

In November, i860, the "Cleveland Turn Verein," on 
account of the mutterings of a civil war, commenced learn- 
ing military drill so as to be prepared, and he was one of the 
most ])atriotic members of the organization. 

April 18, 1 86 1, at die first firing on Fort Sumter he joined 
the "National Guards" for a period of three months as a 
private. This company was mustered into the service of 
the United States as Company K, Seventh Regiment O. V. 
T., and was known as such thereafter. Reenlisted June 19, 
1 86 1, for a period of three years or during the w^ar. He 
was rapidly promoted to the position of cai)tain for gallant 
and meritorious service in the face of the enetuy. and was 
mustered out with his regiment on account of expiration of 
its term of service July 6, 1864, as such officer. 

He participated in the following battles: Cross Lanes. 
Virginia, August 26, 1861 ; Winchester, Virginia, March 
23, 1862; Port Republic. Virginia, June 9. 1862; Cedar 
Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862; Second Bull Run 
campaign. August 20 to September 2, 1862; Antietam, 
Maryland. September 17. 1862 (wounded in the head in the 
latter-named battle) ; Dumfries. Virginia. December 27, 
1862; Chancellorsvillc, Virginia, May i, 2, and 3, 1863; 
Gettysburg, Rennsylvania, July i. 2, and 3. 1863: Lookout 
Mountain! Tennessee, November 24. 1863; Missionary 
Ridge, Tennessee, November 25. 1863; Ringgold, Georgia, 
November 27, 1863 (wounded) ; Dug Gap, Georgia, May 

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8, 1864; Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May 11, 1864; Re- 
saca, Georgia, May 13 and 15, 1864; New Hope Church, 
or Dallas, Georgia, May 26, 1864. 

After the muster out of his regiment he was appointed 
major of the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh O. V. I. 
and joined that command, and was mustered out with it at 
the close of the war, when he returned to Cleveland, Ohio, 
and became a partner in a machine building firm which was 
a failure. He had several attacks of paralysis brought on 
on account of the wound he had received at Antietam, and in 
1878 was admitted to the Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio. 
He remained there until he died, March 14, 1881. He was 
buried with full military honors in Section B, Row 12, Grave 
27, Home Cemetery, where a marble stone bearing name, 
command, etc., was placed;. 

Krieger was an exceptionally brave and patriotic soldier, 
and his early demise was occasioned by the wound he had 
received in action. 

Requiescat in pace. 




CAPTAIN JOHN F. SCHUTTE 

,As he appeared on .nlis„n....t in th- M-xi.an War -Kill..! in 
skirmish near Cross I-anes, Va.. Aug. -Joih. isr.l > 




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SEVENTH REGIMENT MONUMENT 
Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, O. 



Miscellany 



SEVENTH REGIMENT MONUMENT AT CLEVE- 
LAND, OHIO. 

By Capt. Geo. A. McKay. 

A monument to the lamented dead of the Seventh Regi- 
ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry was erected at Cleveland. 
Ohio, in the year 1872, having been contracted for in the 
year 1867. A. & G. Dodds of Xenia, Ohio, and St. Louis, 
Missouri, were the contractors, they agreeing to erect the 
monument for such funds as might be raised by subscrip- 
tion, not to exceed $15,000. The monument was to consist 
of Quincy granite for the base, and the shaft of Peterhead 
red, and the eagle with outstretched wings of Peterhead 
gray granite. 

The granite was cut at the quarries, polished, and the list 
of battles carved thereon before the material left Scotland, 
which necessitated great delay before everything was ready 
for transportation to the United States. 

The original committee, as appointed by the Seventh 
Regiment O. V. I. Association, consisted of George A. 
McKay, Frank Rockefeller, E. J. Krieger, and Frank Dut- 
ton, all of Cleveland, Ohio, and E. W. Force of Chagrin 
Falls, Ohio. This committee was changed repeatedly 
before the monument was completed. The next one ap- 
pointed was made up of Jos. B. Molyneaux. William .\. 
Howe. George A. McKay, Frank Rockefeller. Jere G. 
Claflin, and T. T. Sweeney'. The final committee consisted 
of Frank Rockefeller, chairman; J. B. Molyneaux. W. A. 
Howe. Frank Williams. J. G. Claflin. C. Cowan. William 
Southwell. \\'. T. Callow, and T. T. Sweeney. 



486 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

All of the committees as appointed by the regiment are 
entitled to its thanks for the zeal displayed by them in rais- 
ing funds for the purpose indicated above, by subscriptions 
from private persons not affiliated with the regiment, mem- 
bers of the regiment, by dinners furnished in a tent on the 
square by the ladies of Cleveland, Ohio, boat rides, and 
raffling a horse furnished by Gen. E. B. Tyler — the latter 
means being a regular gold brick, the profits being on the 
wrong side of the ledger by a large majority. 

Every member of the different committees did his level 
best to achieve success, but it was ascertained that it would 
be impossible to raise subscriptions equaling $15,000, and a 
new contract was entered into by the contracting parties, 
the contractors agreeing to accept $8,500, the amount raised 
by the committee, as full compensation for the monument, 
and it was erected in Woodland Cemetery on a lot donated 
by the city of Cleveland. 

The committee had paid all expenses and duties on the 
different parts as they had arrived, by which means the con- 
tractors were at no actual outlay, and were perfectly satis- 
fied when the subscription lists were turned over to them 
with the balance of the cash raised. In fact, they stated 
that they made nothing, nor did they lose one cent by the 
last contract. 

At the dedication of the monument the principal speakers 
were Gen. John W. Geary, Governor of the State of Penn- 
sylvania; Gen. Erastus B. Tyler, and Maj. William Mc- 
Kinley, afterward President of the United States, all of 
whom eulogized the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry, and testified to their patriotism and 
valor in the face of the enemy. 




BRIGADE MONUMENT 
Battlefield of Antietam, Md. 



THE MONUMENT AT ANTIETAM. MARYLAND. 

The joint monument to the Fifth, Seventh, and Sixty- 
sixtli Regiments of Ohio Infantry, provided by the State of 
Ohio and located upon the north side of the Hagerstovvn 
turnpike nearly opposite to the Dunker Church, was dedi- 
cated in the presence of Governor Nash, the members of the 
Ohio Antietam Battlefield Commission. Assistant Secretary 
of War Hon. Robert Shaw Oliver, General Ian Hamilton of 
the British Army, and many comrades and citizens, on the 
13th of October, 1903. 

The following inscriptions appear upon the front : 

OHIO 

5th Infantry. 66th Infantry. 7th Infantry. 

Commanded by Commanded by Commanded by 

Major John COI.UN3. Lieut. Col. Eugenk Major Orrin J. Crank. 

Powell. 

{Oivl) Tyndale's (First) Brigade, {Rooster) 

Greene's (Second) Division, 
Twelfth Army Corps, 
Army of the Potomac. 

Upon the back, raised and polished : 

5th 66th 7th 

This monument cost four thousand and five hundred dol- 
lars, and the locating committee from the Seventh were J. 
B. Molyneaux. Wm. A. Howe, and Gustav Smith, 

By request a historical sketch of the Seventh was pre- 
pared by Lawrence Wilson of Company D, who at the dedi- 
cation, on behalf of Tyndale's brigade, read the official re- 
port of Major Orrin J. Crane, detailing the nicnements of 
these regiments at the battle of Antietam, and in inmi of 
Dunker Church, 



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THE REGIMENTAL MONUMENT AT GETTYS- 
BURG. 

On the 4th of May, 1885, the General Assembly of the 
State of Ohio passed an Act "To appropriate money to pur- 
chase land upon which to erect a monument to the memory 
of the soldiers of Ohio who died upon the battlefield of Get- 
tysburg." The Act thus entitled appropriated for the pur- 
pose named the sum of $5,000, to be expended upon the 
requisition of the Adjutant-General, subject to the direction 
of the Battlefield Memorial Commission. For consultation 
as to the best means of carrying into effect the purpose of 
this act, a meeting of the surviving Ohio soldiers who took 
part in the battle was called by the Adjutant-General, and 
was held at the State Capitol, July 4, 1885. At this meet- 
ing a resolution was adopted without dissent, expressing the 
desire of the survivors of the battle, that the money appro- 
priated by the Act of May 4 should first provide for designa- 
ting all the localities on the field where Ohio soldiers fought, 
and recommending delay in expenditure of the appropria- 
tion should the law not authorize such designation. At the 
same meeting a committee was appointed to accompany the 
Adjutant-General to Gettysburg, and assist him in locating 
the positions in which Ohio troops fought. On the 13th of 
the ensuing month this committee met at Gettysburg, repre- 
sentations from the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Twenty-fifth, 
Twenty-ninth, Fifty-fifth, Sixty-first, Sixty-sixth, Seventy- 
third, Seventy-fifth, and One Hundred and Seventh Ohio In- 
fantry, and from Battery H First Ohio Light Artillery, and 
after inspecting the field the committee held an adjourned 
meeting, and by resolution declared it to be the sense of 
those present that the sum of $2,000 should be appropriated 
for each Ohio regiment, battery, or other organization 
which took part in the battle, for the erection upon the 
proper positions of suitable monuments and tablets, and for 



MONUMENTS 489 

purchasing plats, opening thoroughfares, and keci)ing the 
grounds and memorials in good condition. 

At the next session of the General Assembly an amenda- 
tory and supplementary act was passed on April 21, 1886, 
appropriating in addition to the $5,000 previously appropri- 
ated, the sum of $35,000 to be used by a commission con- 
sisting of the Adjutant-General, Secretary of State, and 
Auditor of State, in meeting the expense of obtaining 
ground and sites on the battlefield of Gettysburg, and for 
locating, procuring, and erecting suitable monuments and 
memorials commemorative of the deeds of the soldiers from 
Ohio who fought there. This commission met at Gettys- 
burg on July 15 and 16, 1886, and made careful inspection 
and examination of the positions occupied by Ohio organiza- 
tions during the battle, and after mature deliberation de- 
cided that each organization should 'have its own special 
monument, no two alike in pattern and design, and each to 
cost $1,500. Bids were at once advertised for and con- 
tracts let for the preparation of these memorials, anri on 
Wednesday, September 14, 1887, they were formally dedi- 
cated and turned over to the Gettysburg Battlefield Com- 
mission for future care and protection. 

EXERCISES AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ROSTRUM. 

A national salute was fired at sunrise, and at 9 o'clock a. 
M. Governor Foraker and his staff, the Memorial Commis- 
sion, the surviving members of the commemorated organ- 
izations, and the invited guests were escorted by the Four- 
teenth Regiment of Ohio IMilitia to Cemetery Hill, where an 
artillery salute to the Governor was fired, and the regnnenl 
being paraded in its camp presented arms. The proces- 
sion then moved to the Rostrum in the National Cemetery, 
where the formal exercises of the day took place as an- 
nounced in the program. Captain Geo. .\. McKay, who 
was present on that occasion, has kindly written the fol- 
lowing interesting account of the proceedings there: 



490 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

DEDICATION OE THE MONUMENTS ON THE BATTlvEElEED OE 
GETTYSBURG, PA., SEPTEMBER I4, 1887. 

It was my good fortune to participate with a great many 
Others of the Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry 
in the greatest battle of the civil war of 1861 to 1865, to wit : 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 

As you will remember, we were encamped the night 
before the first day's fight, near Littlestown, Pa., and when 
we arrived our brigade was sent to the left of the Eleventh 
Corps at Little Round Top to stop the charge of the Con- 
federates in that direction. We were not engaged, but our 
appearance stopped their advance. The next morning we 
were ordered to the right, and our fighting was all done on 
Culp's Hill, where we had the pleasure for the first time of 
fighting behind regular breastworks; but, thank God, it 
was not the last. We were badly mauled during the first 
two days, but were still in the ring and were conquerors on 
the third. 

When we moved away from the battlefield on July 4, 
1863, I never visited the field until September 13, 1887, 
when memorials were erected by the State of Ohio to their 
honored dead on that historic field. 

The Commission for the Seventh Regiment was com- 
posed of Captains William A. Howe, Edward Hi. Bohm, 
and George A. McKay. On account of business affairs the 
latter-named Commissioner was the only one present at the 
dedication, leaving Cleveland, Ohio, at 11. 10 p. m., Septem- 
ber 12. On the evening of the 13th he arrived at Gettys- 
burg, Pennsylvania. Metaphorically speaking, he was 
"tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp-ground." On 
the 14th he stood on the ground where the immortal Presi- 
dent Lincoln in his address in the year 1863 had said, "The 
world will little note nor long remember what we say here, 
but it can never forget what they did here." 

The members of the Memorial Commission were as fol- 
lows : Gen. H. A. Axline, Adjutant-General; Gen. James 
S. Robinson, Secretary of State; Hon. Emif Kiesewetter, 
Auditor of State; Plon. Alfred E. Lee, Secretary of the 
Commission, all from Ohio. 



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MONUMENTS 491 

ORDER OF THE DAY. 

National Salute. 

Dedication of the Ohio Memorials. 

Dedicatory Salute. 

Ohio Camp-fire. 

Regimental Reunions. 

ORDER OE EXERCISES AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ROSTRUM. 

Overture Niagara (Some Day), 

Band Fourteenth Regiment O. N. G. 
Prayer, Rev. Wm. E. Moore, D. D. 

Song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic," 

Miss Anne Marie De Beck. 
Address, "Ohio Troops in the Battle of Gettysburg," 

Gen. H. A. Axlinc. 
Music, "Soldier's Prayer," 

Band Fourteenth Regiment O. X. G. 
Address, "The Memorial Commission and its Work," 

Hon. Emil Kiesewetter. 
Music, Inflammatus from "Stabat Mater," 

Band Fourteenth Regiment O. N. G. 
Address, Presentation of the Ohio Memorials to the Gov- 
ernor of the State, Gen. James S. Robinson. 
Response, Presentation of the Memorials to the Battlefield 
Association, 

Hon. Joseph B. Forakcr, Governor of Ohio. 
Response, In Behalf of the Association, 

Hon. James A. Beaver, Governor of Pennsylvania. 
Music, "Infantry Signal Serenade," 

Band of Fourteenth Regiment O. X. G. 
Song, "Tenting on the Old Camp-Ground," 

Miss Anne Marie De Beck. 
Memorial Address, Gen. I. 11. Hurst. 

Song, "Star Spangled liaiincr," 

Miss Anne Marie De P.cck. 
Benediction. Rev. W'm. F. Moore. D. D. 



492 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INEANTRY 

The following organizations from Ohio participated in 
the battle : Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Twenty- 
fifth, Twenty-ninth, Fifty-fifth, Sixty-first, Sixty-sixth, Sev- 
enty-third, Seventy-fifth, Eighty-second, and One Hundred 
and Seventh Regiments Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; Batteries 
H, I, K, and L, Volunteer Light Artillery ; First and Sixth 
Regiments Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. 

The finest scholarly and military address at the dedica- 
tion was made by Hon. Joseph B. Foraker, Governor of the 
State of Ohio. While listening to it I could understand 
thoroughly the anthem of the "Star Spangled Banner," 
"Long may it wave, o'er the land of the free, and the home 
of the brave." 

I was invited to ride over the battlefield with the Gov- 
ernor and his staff, but declined, preferring to walk over it 
from right to left, so as actually to inspect the positions of 
the different organizations participating. I was so tired at 
the finish that my return was a ride. On Little Round Top 
the party I was with sang that good old Scotch song by 
Robert Burns : 

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
And never brought to mind; 
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
And the days of Auld Lang Syne." 

I returned to Cleveland, Ohio, September i6, 1887, in a 
used-up condition, but thankful that I had been able to at- 
tend. I will conclude with the following excerpt : 

"Now the muffled drums are beating funeral marches to the grave." 
Soon, very soon, we will all be there. 

SEVENTH OHIO INEANTRY. 

"Monument located on Gulp's Hill, near the right of 
Greene's brigade. The position is commanding, and was a 
very important one during the battle of the morning of July 
3. The Union works to tlie right of this point, after having 



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MONUMENTS 493 

been vacated by the Twelfth Corps, were seized by John- 
son's Confederate Division durinj^: the evening; of July 2. 
During the morning of July 3 the Confederates were driven 
out of these works after seven hours of battle. The Sev- 
enth and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry, returning with the 
Twelfth Corps, assisted in holding this position against the 
assaults of the enemy." 



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CANDY'S BRIGADE MARKER. 

On the afternoon of July i, 1863, under orders from Gen- 
eral Hancock, the First and Third Brigades of Geary's divi- 
sion of the Twelfth Corps went into position to the right of 
and near Little Round Top, and that night the Fifth Ohio 
and One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry 
occupied Little Round Top and picketed to the left and 
front. 

In later years, while visiting the battlefield of Gettysburg, 
Lawrence Wilson, seeing markers in that section account- 
ing for these two regiments upon that very important occa- 
sion, became imbued with a desire that the other regiments 
of Candy's brigade should also haVe a distinguishing mark 
of some character indicating they were also then on that 
part of the field. 

With this end in view he issued a call for a meeting of the 
members of the old brigade, during the National Encamp- 
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Cleveland on the 
19th of September, 1901, for the purpose of considering this 
important matter, when a brigade organization was formed 
by the election of Judge John P. Murphy of the Fifth Ohio, 
residing in Cincinnati, as president, and W. P. Ouayle of the 
Sixty-sixth Ohio, residing at Rock Island, secretary. A 
resolution was then passed in favor of marking the position 
occupied by Candy's brigade on the night of July i, 1863, 
and providing for the appointment of a committee, consist- 
ing of one comrade from each of the six regiments in said 
brigade, to take charge of the project and push it to a suc- 
cessful termination. 

The president appointed the following committee: Maj. 
Krewson Yerkes, Fifth Ohio; Sergt. Lawrence Wilson, 
Seventh Ohio; Col. D. W. Thomas. Twenty-ninth Ohio; 
Maj. Thos. McConnell, Sixty-sixth Ohio; Capt. John O. 
Foering, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania, and Maj. J. A. 
Moore of the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylva- 



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nia. with Lawrence Wilson as chairman. As Colonel 
Thomas neglected to serve and Major McConncll s(jon died 
very unexpectedly, Capt. Charles W. Kellog-g- of the Twen- 
ty-ninth and Col. Charles Candy of the Sixty-si. \th were 
appointed to act in their stead, and the committee thus kept 
intact. This committee visited the hattletield in October, 
1 90 1, selected a site for a marker on Sedgwick avenue near 
Little Round Top, and adopted a design for the same, sucli 
as is shown in cut, consisting of a bronze tablet bearing an 
inscription and legend, sunk in the face of a granite die rest- 
ing upon a substantial granite base suitably marked as is 
herein plainly delineated. 

All arrangements having been successfully carried out and 
the marker being in position, this modest little tribute to the 
gallant officers whose names appear thereon and to the sol- 
diers true who followed them where they led was dedicated 
on Thursday, September 18, 1902, in the presence of the 
president. Judge ^lurphy, who came all the way from Cin- 
cinnati and made a brief address ; Col. John P. Nicholson 
and Major Robbins of the battlefield commission ; members 
of the brigade committee, comrades, ladies and gentlemen, 
when this token of love, pride, and patriotism was formally 
turned over to Colonel Nicholson for safe keeping. The 
dedicatory services consisted mainly of a statement by the 
chairman of the committee explaining how this marker came 
into existence ; a brief address by Judge Murphy as presid- 
ing officer; an invocation by Rev. Owen Hicks; the read- 
ing of the military records of all the officers named on the 
marker by Captains Howe and Foering and Sergeant Wil- 
son ; and addresses by Colonel Candy. Colonel Nicholson 
and Major Robbins — the latter of the C. S. A., who fought 
there under General Longstreet. A large photograph of 
marker and group was taken. 



HISTORY OF THE WHITE BANNER. 

Kindly Supplied by Capt. W. A. Howe. 

If there is any sentiment more active than all others in the 
breast of a soldier as he leaves everything dear to him and 
goes to the defense of what is more precious than life — ^his j 
country — it is the thought that grateful hearts will lament 
him, and vie with each other in doing him honor if he re- 
turns safely from the perils of war. This sentiment is above 
all characteristic of the American soldier, where hardships 
are endured to preserve a government of his own, instead of 
a monarch's, which is administered, as it were, by himself, 
and which he desires to hand down to posterity as strongly 
established as he received it from his ancestors. 

The Ohio ladies residing in New York, after a careful 
study of the records of the different regiments of our State, 
prompted by a noble impulse, have recently conferred a sig- 
nal mark of honor on the Seventh Regiment Volunteer In- 
fantry. The following correspondence on the subjeci will 
be read with interest by all who delight to see the brave 
honored for noble sacrifices in a glorious cause. 

CoL. Samuel McClelland and Soldiers oe the 
Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 

In performance of a pleasing duty confided to me by the 
Ohio Ladies' Society, permit me, gentlemen, to say it has 
been the custom in all ages to bestow some distinctive mark 
of approbation upon those who at their country's call im- 
periled their lives and fortunes in its defense. Prompted by 
this idea, the Ohio ladies resident in New York executed an 
elaborate and artistic banner for presentation to the Ohio 
regiment whose military exploits during the great rebellion 
should entitle it to the proud distinction of being called the 
Ohio Banner Regiment. The banner thus prepared has bQ^n 




THE WHITE BANNER 



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HISTORY OP TiiK wiiitf; bannkr 497 

Iicld subject to decision of the delicate question as to which 
I'f the Ohio regiments was entitled to receive it. 

A critical examination of the records of all the regiments 
that entered the service from the State of Ohio, and the cam- 
jiaigns through which they served, was undertaken. The 
civil and military authorities of both the National and State 
:;(->vernments were counseled with, but the question became 
still more grave and perplexing when it was understood how 
nobly the majority of the Ohio regiments had behaved n. 
time of battle and elsewhere during the war. But, gentle- 
men, without disparagement to the bravery or heroism of 
any other Ohio regiment, the ladies have decided that to you, 
officers and men of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 
this beautiful banner rightfully belongs. Whether in camp, 
on the march or in battle, you never shrank from duty. 
Your drill and discipline were admirable, and positions that 
were both vital in importance and perilous in character were 
assigned to your regiment. Gentlemen, your military or- 
ganization belongs to the State of Ohio, but your military 
achievements belong to the common country. 

An official letter received by me from the secretary of the 
Ohio Ladies' Society more fully explains not only the 
grounds for their decision, but it also contains a brief and 
interesting history of their society, and reads as follows : 

"New York, Sept. 7, 1868. 
"George E. Hale, Esq. 

"Dear Sir: I send you by express to-day 'a flag' which 
you are respectfully requested to present to the Seventh Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry Regiment, in the name of the Ohio La- 
dies' Society, for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission. 
A brief history of the society and its objects will furnish the 
reason why the presentation has been delayed until this late 
day. At the great fair held in this city in the spring of 1864. 
in aid of the Sanitary Commission, a number of Ohio ladies 
who were born and raised in Ohio, but had become residents 
of New York, feeling an anxiety to do something in aid of 

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the fair, formed a society for that purpose. Meetings were 
held once a week for three months before the exhibition, 
during which a large number and variety of articles were 
made, among them this flag, which it was understood should 
at the end of the war be given to the Ohio regiment which 
had most distinguished itself in the service. The committee 
of arrangements appropriated a large table in a conspicuous 
part of the fair for the use of the Ohio Ladies' Society. On 
this table the articles were displayed, surmounted by the 
flag, and attracted all Ohio visitors to the fair, especially the 
Ohio soldiers. On one occasion an Ohio officer, who refused 
to give his name, handed to one of the ladies in charge a 
fifty-dollar bill, and, when asked what he would have in ex- 
change, said : 'It is my contribution to your society.' Much 
curiosity was shown and many questions were asked as to 
whether the ladies had come all the way from Ohio to con- 
tribute to the fair. The table was very liberally patronized, 
and at times the crowd was so great that they could not all 
be waited upon. The result was that nearly three thousand 
dollars was realized and paid over to the treasurer of the 
fair. The war ended in the spring of 1865, and at once a 
correspondence was opened with Governor Tod, asking him 
to name the regiment that was best entitled to the flag. The 
reply was characteristic of the man : 'Every one is entitled 
to it.' Other distinguished persons have from time to time 
been consulted, including Governor Brough, Governor 
Hayes, the Hon. Martin Welker, and other members of 
Congress, but all seemed unwilling to say that any one regi- 
ment had more distinguished itself than another, and we 
have therefore been unable to carry out the object of the 
society until the present time. Finally, through your exer- 
tions, the opinions of Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania; 
General Slocum, of New York, and Gen. E. B. Tyler, of 
Baltimore, were obtained, and they all declared in favor of 
the Seventh Ohio. We desire you, in presenting this flag, 
to assure the shattered remnant of the regiment that we en- 
tertain for each and every one of them sentiments of grati- 
tude and esteem it is not in our power to express. We are 



HISTORY 01- TllK WlllTK HANNlCR ^(y) 

proud of our native Slate; proud of her record duriiij; the 
war; proud of lier generals, and especially proud of her 
soldiers, who have made that record i:;-lorious. Very re- 
spectfully, 

"Mrs. Ai.BivRT W. Grkkn. Secretary. 
"Committee: Mrs. S. Ransom, Mrs. J. R. Cecil. Mrs. 

S. Hauk, Mrs. T. R. Reed, Mrs. J. G. Plympton, Mrs. 

T. R. Benter. 

Thus, gentlemen, you ha\e from the Ohio Ladies' Society 
the origin and history of this artistic and beautiful banner, 
which, agreeable to the wish of the society, I now formally 
present to your regiment. 

Yours truly. 

George E. Hall. 

"Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 3. 1870. 
"George E. Hall, Esq. 

"Dear Sir: After a lengthened delay, resulting from 
circumstances without our control, the undersigned execu- 
tive committee of the Seventh Regiment Association have 
the honor to acknowledge, in behalf of the association, the 
reception and acceptance of the banner presented through 
you by the Ohio Ladies' Society, for the benefit of the Sani- 
tary commission, to the Seventh Regiment Oliio Volunteer 
Infantry. The distinguished honor thus conferred u\Min 
the regiment, while it fills every heart of the few remaining 
members of the organization wnih the most profound grati- 
tude toward the noble ladies, most noble daughters of our 
gallant State who conceived it, as well as to the brilliant sol- 
diers who paid their tribute to our claim, and begets a feel- 
ing of the deepest pride and gratification which we would 
not conceal. We are yet compelled to feel that rather our 
good fortune than our merit as a regiment has favored us ui 
being selected as the object of this magnificent and priceless 
recognition. As soldiers, as citizens, as freemen, we arc 
conscious of having done only our duty manfully, faithfully, 
zealously, and it is the proud honor and eternal glory of our 



500 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

State that of all the heroic and patriotic thousands of her 
sons who went forth to the battlefield, not a regiment failed 
to respond to the call of duty, or by any single act cast the 
least stain upon her fair escutcheon. We cannot forget or 
overlook in our own good fortune the lofty patriotism, the 
glorious deeds, and the terrible sacrifices of our fellow-sol- 
diers, entitling them to the everlasting love and honor of 
their countrymen. Side by side we fought with them on 
many a hotly-contested and sanguinary field in the gloomiest 
hours of the strife, when hope had almost withered from the 
hearts of men, and in their valor and support found inspira- 
tion and courage to meet the great duties we had to do. 
How often in the storm of battle, with the dead and dying 
blocking our path, the contest hanging on a thread, we have 
looked with eager and anxious eyes toward the standard of 
our Ohio brothers in arms for encouragement and been 
made strong by their example. We may not say — but 
deeply do we feel conscious of the support they gave us. 
The dust of hundreds of our comrades mingled with theirs 
in everlasting repose on historic fields of Virginia, of Mary- 
land, of Pennsylvania and of Georgia equals in valor, in 
patriotism and sacrifice. To the soldier who has faithfully 
discharged his trust no higher or more cherished reward can 
crown his efforts than the approval of his countrymen, and 
such a recognition and endearment as is conveyed in the 
splendid banner we have been honored with sinks deeply into 
our hearts, strengthening our love of country, brightening 
our estimate of mankind, and making us feel how false is 
that maxim v/hich says "Republics are ungrateful." In the 
present case the impression is stronger in that the honor 
comes from women. What love, what honor, what respect 
does not every soldier owe her? Only the pen that is di- 
rected by inspiration shall ever tell in all its fullness the story 
of her devotion and her work for the soldier. In conclusion, 
let me ask you, sir, to accept the profound thanks of our 
association for your part in the matter, and the assurance 
that the kindly interest you have manifested and the gener- 
ous sentiment you have expressed toward us are garnered 



HISTORY 01^ TITK WTTITK BANNKR SOT 

in our memories to live while we shall live, ^'ou will con- 
vey to the ladies whom you represent the expression of our 
deepest gratitude, and say to them their names are graven 
indelibly on our hearts. The splendid work of their hands 
we consecrate to the memory of our dead comrades, and 
shall cherish it through life as a possession made sacred by 
every recollection of the vicissitudes, the hardships and tlic 
dangers of our soldier life. With the highest respect, your 
obedient servant, 

"J- B. MoivYNEAUX. Chairman. 

"F. R0CKEFELI.ER, Secretary. 
"Coiiiiiiittcc: W. A. Howe, Wm. South wele, Chaki.ks 

Cowan, J. G. Ceafein, T. T. Sweeney." 

"Seventh Regiment, O. V. I. Association, 

"CeEveeand, Ohio, June, 1904. 
"Dear Comrade: 

"The history of our White Banner, which was presented 
to us by the Ohio Ladies, resident in New York in 1864. at 
the time of the great Sanitary P\air, is well known to every 
comrade of our regiment. 

"The executive committee have felt for some time that we 
should deposit this precious relic in some place for preserva- 
tion, where it might be kept for all time, and where our 
children and the jniblic would be able to see it. 

"The Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland 
has kindly offered to accept and take care of it and give it 
a prominent place in its beautiful and firc-proof building, 
which offer we have accepted. 

"Through the kindness and generosity of our esteemetl 
friend, Mr. N. P. Bowler, we have been enabled to place the 
banner in a beautiful case that will properly preserve it. 

"On Saturday, June i8th, 1904, at 2 o'clock v. m.. it is 
desired that the comrades of the Seventh Regiment. O. V. 
I. Association, meet at the Historical Society's Building, 
corner of Euclid Avenue and Kairm<nint Street, to formally 
present the banner to the ofticeis <.f the Wrstnii Reserve 



502 SDVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

Historical Society, and it is hoped that every comrade will 
make a special effort to be present at that time. 

"Come and bring your family and friends and let us make 
this a special reunion occasion long to be remembered. 

"John E. Coebrunn, 
President. 
Wm. a. Howe, 
E. H, BoHM, 
Geo. a. McKay, 
Levi F. Bauder, 

''Committee." 

EXERCISES attending THE TRANSFER OE THE "WHiTE 
banner" from SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. ASSOCIA- 
TION TO WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 
JUNE i8, 1904. 

PROGRAM. 

Selection, Wagner Quartet 

History of White Banner 

WM. A. HOWE 

Selection, Wagner Quartet 

Presentation of Banner 

E. H. BOHM 

Selection, Wagner Quartet 

Address 

levi f. bauder 

Selection, Wagner Quartet 

Reception of Banner 

hon. l. e. holden 

Selection, Wagner Quartet 



OUR FIRST RHUNTON 

LKTTl'R TO SURVIVING MEMBERS. 

CleveIvAnd, O.. Aug. 14, 1866. 
Agreeably to the circular call issued from Washington 
City on the twelfth day of July, ultimo, the result of a meet- 
ing of the old members of the Seventh Regiment now resi- 
dents of that city, and for the purpose of carrying into effect 
the project therein indicated, of bringing about a reunion of 
the surviving members of the Seventh, and of considering 
the propriety and feasibility of effecting a permanent organi- 
zation of the regiment, the committee designated in the call 
to make the necessary arrangements met in this city on 
Monday evening, the 6th insr., and agreed upon Cleveland 
as the place and September 10 as the time for the occurrence 
of the designed reunion. A sub-committee was appointed to 
arrange the necessary details, and a proper hall for the as- 
sembling of those attending has been obtained and all other 
requisite arrangements made. It now only remains for the 
members of the regiment to unite heartily and earnestly in 
the execution of the plan in view, and thus rekindle the 
friendships formed in the long marches and terrible combats 
of three years and a half of war, and review the pleasant 
memories made around the bivouac fire and when resting 
for a time from the arduous duties of the active campaign. 
In addressing this call to the remaining members of the old 
Seventh, the committee feel it to be unnecessary to make 
any especial appeal to the crowding recollections of their 
soldier life as an incentive to their attendance upon the re- 
union. We know the just and honorable pride which every 
member of the old Seventh feels in the unblemished record 
of that regiment, and we feel certain there arc none who will 
not hail with the most profound satisfaction the opportunity 
that such a meeting as is proposed will furnish for cementing 
more closely our friendships and perpetuating the honorable 



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deeds and dear memories of our career as Union soldiers. 
But if any incentive were needed to awaken a proper interest 
in the project we have in view, the claims upon us by dead 
brethren — of Creighton and Crane, and the hundreds of 
others whose heroic deeds have added their full share of 
glory to the army of the Union and who attested with their 
lives their devotion to the Nation and to freedom — would 
be sufficient to inspire it. It is our duty that the names of 
those gallant soldiers should be graven in the imperishable 
marble, there to stand as eternal monitors to posterity and 
an undying example of the sacrifices freedom may claim 
and receive of her children. To consecrate and perpetuate 
the memory of our dead comrades, record "the battles, 
sieges, fortunes we have passed." cement the friendships 
formed, group together in historic shape the memories and 
incidents we would preserve, and devise such measures as 
may be thought necessary and expedient for our common 
good, are the cardinal objects of our proposed reunion. To 
the thorough and satisfactory accomplishment of these pur- 
poses a full attendance of the surviving members of the regi- 
ment is necessary, since there is no one but can add his mite 
to make up the general contribution. The committee confi- 
dently indulge the hope that such desired attendance will be 
had, and the result can then be no other than a success. 

Upon the arrival of the members they will report at Gar- 
rett's Hall, corner of Euclid avenue and Monument Park. 

Gen. E. B. TyeER, Chairman. 

Capt. Joe B. Moeyneaux, Secretary. 

THE REUNION. 

The surviving members of the Seventh Ohio Infantry 
held a meeting at Garrett's Hall, commencing at 10 o'clock 
A. M., September 10, 1866, pursuant to a call issued August 
14, 1866. 

Col. Samuel McClelland was appointed temporary chair- 
man and Lieutenant H. Z. Eaton, secretary. 

Generals Tyler and Steedman made brief and pointed 



OUR I'IRST RKUNION 505 

speeches relative to the object of the meeting- while it was in 
waiting for the arrival of members from other places. 

After a committee of hve. consisting of Col. L. K. Davis. 
Maj. E. J. Krieger, Captain DeForest, Lieut. J. F. Palmer 
and Sergt. Levi F. Bander, was appointed on permanent 
organization, the convention atljourned until i o'clock p. m. 

The following gentlemen, surviving members of the Sev- 
enth Regiment O. V. L, were present at the forenoon ses- 
sion, the list being largely increased during the afternoon : 

Gen. E. B. Tyler, Baltimore, Md. ; Col. Samuel Mc- 
Clelland, Youngstown, O. ; Chaplain Frederick T. 
Ijrow'U, Chicago, 111.; Maj. E. J. Kreiger, Cleveland. 
O.; Col. L. R. Davis, Alliance, O. ; Capt. J. B. Moly- 
neaux, Cleveland, O. ; Capt. William A. Howe, Cleve- 
land. O. : Lieut. D. A. Kimball. Cleveland. O. ; Capt. 
John G. Parsons. Cleveland. O. ; Lieut. H. Z. Eaton. To- 
ledo, O. ; Capt. S. S. Reed. Rootstown, O. ; Lieut. S. T. 
Loomis, Painesville, O. ; Lieut. Jere G. Clafhn, Cleveland. 
O.; Capt. C. W. Nesper. Cleveland, O. ; J. C. Gazeley. 
Cleveland. O. ; Marcus Brockway. Cleveland. O. ; Fred 
Bock. Cleveland. O. ; Conrad Beckman. Cleveland, O. ; .\. 
AL Clinton, Cleveland. O. ; William E. Forbey, Cleveland. 
O. : Andrew AtlofT. Cleveland. O. ; R. R. Peebles, Bruns- 
wick. O. ; William Seafert. Cleveland. O. ; Richard Win- 
sor. 01)erlin. O. ; W. Woodmansee. Oberlin. O. ; Joseph 
S. Clarke. Cleveland. O. : Stephen .\verill. Cleveland. (). : 
Jolinson Russell. Cleveland, O. ; Charles Cowan. Cleveland. 
O. ; Gus Ziemer. Cleveland. O. ; S. Lamphear, New Lisbon. 
O. : L. M. Chapman. Broomfield. O. : C. 1). Bertholf. Broom- 
field. O.; X. Twitchel. Broomfield. O. ; G. M. Carter, 
i'roomfield. O. ; A. S. Doles, Parkman, O. : Samuel J. Sad- 
ler. Cleveland, O. : James P.axter. vStrectsb(ir(\ O. : George 
Beardsley. Ravenna. O. ; Conrad Lammer, Cleveland. O. : 
A. A. Cavanah. Cleveland, O. ; Lewis Knight, Thompson. 
O. : Ernst Zwicker, Cleveland, O. ; William Southwell. 
Cleveland. O. ; Fred Spencer, Cleveland. O. : Thomas Sco- 
ville. Cleveland, O. : W. U. Hinson. Cleveland. O. : H. 
Blakelock. Cleveland. O. ; IT.'i'airchilds. P.rownlichn. ().: 
W. W. Hunt. Clia-rin l-alls. O. : Martin \'. Clark, Parma. 



5o6 SDVKNTH RE;GIM^NT OHIO VOI.UNTEKR IN]?ANTRY 

O. ; S. C. Wheeler, Sandusky, O. ; L. A. Bartlett, Washing- 
ton, D. C; Thomas Walker, New Castle. Pa.; M. V. 
Burt, Cuyahoga Falls, O. ; John Gilanders, Oberlin, O. ; W. 
F. Bartlett, Huron, O. ; M. R. Hughes, Newburg, O. ; S. 
S. Hall, Broomfield, O. ; C. P. Rodenbaugh, Kent, O. ; L. 
A. Stanley, Ravenna, O. ; P. P. Foster, Macedonia, O. ; 
Saurin Reed, Berea, O. ; G. W. Golden, Hudson, O. ; 
Charles L. King, Ravenna, O. ; Enos T. Mills, Atwater, O. ; 
Albert Witherell, Fredonia Station, O. ; Marion F. Hoover, 
North Benton, O. ; Jacob Marks, Cleveland, O. ; R. Win- 
zenreid, Cleveland, O. ; W. H. B. Williams, Cleveland, O. ; 
E. J. Couch, New Brighton, O. ; Lawrence Wilson, Wash- 
ington, D. C. ; L. G. DeForest, Cleveland, O. ; Levi F. 
Bander, Cleveland, O. ; M. H. Whaley, Cleveland, O. ; Da- 
vid Bennett, Claridon, O. ; J. F. Harmon, Oberlin, O. ; 
Harry Wood, Fife Major, Geneva, O. ; William R. Bond, 
Cleveland, O. ; F. Michael, Cleveland, O. ; George Sahl, 
Cleveland, O. ; G. A. Furry, Cleveland, O. ; Lieut. T. T. 
Sweeney, Cleveland, O. ; S. Gill, Painesville, O. ; E. Hart, 
Geneva, O. ; F. Rockefeller, Cleveland, O. ; J. B. Northrup, 
Nelson, O. ; O. C. Vanwagner, Chagrin Falls, O. ; J. 
Decker, Cleveland, O. ; John Chaffee, Mecca, O. ; John Pol- 
lock, Warren, O. ; C. A. Wood, Newburg, O. ; Lieut. L. 
King, North Bloomfield, O. ; Rev. O. Hicks, Concord, O. ; 
W. J. Hutchinson, Willoughby, O. ; Christian Russer, 
Cleveland, O. ; J. A. Thompson, Ravenna, O. ; A. M. Hal- 
bert, Elyria, O. ; W. H. Poor, Windham, O. ; S. S. Fisher, 
Alliance, O. ; J. E. Avery, Oberlin, O. ; High B. Deeds, 
Youngstown, O. ; George H. Davis, Hudson, O. ; Frank 
Eldridge, Edinburg, O. ; C. H. Pelton, Painesville, O. ; D. 
A. Reed, Newburg, O. ; G. W. Wellhouse, Newburg, O. ; 
Benjamin F. Hawkins, Burton, O. ; N. K. Hubbard, Gen- 
eva, O. ; A. Bishop, Ravenna, O. ; Henry Hoffman, Steu- 
benville, O. ; William Cromwell, Mantua, O. ; J. R. Baker, 
Seville, O. ; F. Bose, Chagrin Falls, O. ; E. W. Force, 
Chagrin Falls, O. ; A. C. Fisher, Chagrin Falls, O. ; P. H. 
Smith, Chagrin Falls, O. ; James Hunt, Newton Falls, O. ; 
Charles A. Parks, Mesopotamia, O. ; H. A. Weir, Warren, 



OUR FIRST RKUNION 507 

O. ; L. Austin, Xcwbiii};-, O. ; 1\. Uiiic, Mecca, O. ; George 
Evans, East Cleveland, O. ; W. W. Hescock, Bristolvillc, 
O. ; T. C. Wood, r.ristolvine, Q. ; I. N. Wilcox, Windham, 
O. ; S. S. Pelton. P.ainesville. O. ; G. E. Meigs, Painesviik-. 

O.: A. W. Morley, Kirtland. O. ; M. Thorp, : 1-. 

W. Brand, Cleveland, O. ; Eugene Murray, Concord. (). ; 
Ed Burr, Concord, O. ; Samuel Oliver, Cleveland, O. ; John 
Baptie. Chardon. O. ; H. Trulson, Paincsville. O. ; bVank 
Cone, Painesville, O. ; John Allen, Painesville, O. ; W. A. 
Watrous, Ashtabula, O. ; W. P. Tisdel. Painesville. O. ; 
M. Fitzgerald. Painesville. O. ; S. Pullman, Painesville, O. ; 
J. Hennesey. Painesville. O. ; D. Pomeroy. Painesville, O. ; 
]. M. Lapham, Painesville, O. ; 1). W. Walters. Painesville. 
6.: H. H. Coe, Painesville, O. ; M. Osborn, Warren. O. : 
Thomas P. Dixon, Clark, Pa. ; F. Fowler, Elyria, O. ; E. 
Maxfield. Cleveland, O. ; E. Armbuster. Cleveland, O. : 

Charles Fagan. Cleveland, O. ; John Wilfred, ; H. 

H. Rhodes, Ravenna, O. : A. Hungerford, ; E. C. 

Miller, Madison, O. : Thomas M. Lander, Chagrin Falls. 
O. ; C. E. Preble, Cleveland, O. ; Fred Jassaud, Cleveland. 
O. ; Jerome Lott. Madison. O. : Frank Dutton. Cleveland. 
O. ; W. A. Orton. Perry, O. ; A. H. Burger. Cleveland. O. ; 
George Gevlyn. New Milford, O. ; George Barrett, New 
Milford, O'. : B. Mulgrave. Geneva. O. : S. J. Coon. Jef- 
ferson. O. ; Frank Manlv. Cleveland. O. : Gus Schmidt. 
Cleveland, O. : F. Salbach'. Cleveland. O. : S. Sweet, Cleve- 
land, O. : H. M. Jones, Huron. O. ; L. G. Watkins. Cleve- 
land. O. ; William Horn, Cleveland, O. 

AFTERNOON SKSSION. 

The convention met pursuant to adjournment, the prcsi 
dent. Colonel McClelland, in the chair. 

The Committee on Permanent Organization reported as 
follows on 

PERMANENT ()K(..\NIZATI0N. 

President— Gen. E. B. Tyler. 

Viee-Presiiie)its—Ue\\t.-Co\. Samuel McClelland. Maj. 
E. J. Kricger. Gen. T. W. Sprague, Col. .\. T. Wilcox. 



508 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INFANTRY 

Permanent Secretary — Lieut. H. Z. Eaton, 
Temporary Secretary — Capt. L. G. De Forest. 
Treasurer — Capt. J. B. Molyneaiix. 
Chaplain — F. T. Brown. 

ORDER OE BUSINESS. 

Permanent organization of the society. 

Resolutions of respect. 

To consider the propriety of having a supper. 

To consider the propriety of erecting a regimental monu- 
ment. 

To consider the policy of bringing together our dead. 

To consider the propriety of collecting matter for a com- 
plete regimental record. 

General business. 

The report was adopted and the committee discharged. 

MISCEEEANEOUS BUSINESS. 

The president was then conducted to the chair, and in 
taking his seat made a thrilling and touching address, re- 
viewing the incidents and scenes in which this noble regi- 
ment played a conspicuous part, and feelingly referred to 
the honored dead of the regiment. Colonels Creighton and 
Crane, and the fallen heroes of their command. His speech 
was listened to with marked respect and attention. At its 
close the members of the regiment simultaneously rose and 
gave "three cheers and a tiger" for General Tyler and 
"three times three" for the "Seventh Regiment." The 
president then invited the chaplain of the reg'iment. Rev. 
F. T. Brown, to come upon the stage and invoke divine 
favor upon the proceedings, which was done. 

The vice-presidents were invited to the stand. The presi- 
dent stated the object of the meeting to be the permanent 
organization of the survivors of the regiment and the erec- 
tion of a regimental monument. 

On permanent organization. Or. Mr. Loomis moved that 
a committee of five be appointed to report a constitution and 
resolutions. The chair appointed Chaplain Brown, Sergt. 



OUR FIRST REUNION 5(X) 

J. F. Harmon. Or. Mr. Loomis. Scrc^t.-Maj. N. K. Iluhhar.l 
and Joseph E. Clarke. The committee reported the follow- 
ing resolutions, which were taken up separately and adopted. 
The committee was not discharged but instructed to com- 
plete the constitution, which would he taken under consid- 
eration at the next annual meeting. 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas, In the good providence of God, we, formerly 
members of the Seventh Regiment O. V. I., have been pre- 
served from the dangers of war and the sickness of the camp 
during the suppression of the late terrible rebellion, and have 
been permitted to meet again in convention ; therefore. 

Rcsolz'cd, That w^e give our hearty thanks to Almighty 
God for the many mercies of the past, and that we tender 
our heartfelt sympathies to the kinsmen and friends of our 
noble officers and men who have laid dowii their lives, and 
also to our brethren who. in body or limb, are still suffering 
from sickness or wounds. 

Resolved, That we unite in a society to be called the So- 
ciety of the Survivors of the Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 

Resolved, That the officers of this society shall consist of 
a president, four vice-presidents, temporary and ])ermanent 
secretaries and a treasurer. 

Resolved, That the society shall have an annual festive 
meeting in the city or place selected the previous year, which 
shall be opened by an oration or speech from some member 
of the regiment, selected at a previous meeting, and followed 
by a dinner, toasts, etc. 

Resohrd, That as speedily as possible we proceed to pro- 
cure a suitable lot in the Woodland Cemetery. Cleveland, and 
erect thereon a monument to the memory of our heroic dead ; 
and also that any money that may be in the hands of the 
treasurer after the expenses of erecting the monument be 
distributed among the widows and orphans of the dead and 
among the maimed and wounded members of flu- Seventh. 

It was decided to have a supper in the evemiig. and the 



5IO SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

chair appointed the following" gentlemen to make the neces- 
sary arrangements : Captain Molyneaux, Colonel Davis, 
Captain Howe, Lieutenant Claflin and A. M. Clinton. 

The committee subsequently reported that arrangements 
for the supper had been made with Colonel Ross, of the 
American House, to take place at 9 o'clock in the evening. 
The report was adopted and the committee discharged. 

On the propriety of erecting a regimental monument in 
Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, the committee were assured 
by Mr. Steadman, city sexton, that the authorities of Cleve- 
land would cheerfully donate a lot in that cemetery for the 
purpose contemplated. A vote of thanks was tendered to 
Mr. Steadman for his kindness and effort in advancing the 
interest of the convention in this matter. 

An executive committee of five, consisting of Captains 
DeForest, Molyneaux and Howe, Lieutenant Bohm and 
Sergeant Bauder, was appointed to perfect a plan and raise 
funds for the erection of the monument. General Tyler was 
subsequently made chairman of the committee. 

The officers chosen for the present meeting were, on mo- 
tion, authorized to act as officers of the association for the 
ensuing year. 

The Cleveland Turn Verein presented a beautiful banner 
to the regiment at Camp Dennison prior to its going out of 
the State, and having expressed a desire to get the banner 
back, to be placed in their hall on Ohio street, to be pre- 
served as a relic of the Seventh Regiment, on motion Major 
Krieger, Lieutenant Bohm and Captain Nesper, members of 
the Turn Verein and also members of the association, were 
appointed by the chair to return the banner to the Cleveland 
Turn Verein with this positive injunction : ''To preserve it 
and never allow it to be carried except by a member of the 
regiment, and then by permission of this association." 

It was decided, when the convention adjourned, to meet 
in Cleveland, March 23, 1867, the anniversary of the battle 
of Winchester, at which Stonewall Jackson confessed him- 
self defeated for the first and only time during the war. 

Chaplain Brown was, by a unanimous and enthusiastic 



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vote of the convention, selected to deliver the address at the 
next annual meeting. 

The question arose as to whether those persons belonging 
to the regiment, during the "three months' service," could 
become members of the association. To test the sen.se of 
the meeting a vote was taken and it was decided unani- 
mously that they could become members, and they were ac- 
cordingly cordially invited to join with the rest in the con- 
templated work. 

To defray the expenses of the present meeting, the mem- 
bers voluntarily contributed fifty cents each, and the com- 
mittee having charge of the preliminary arrangements were 
authorized to reimburse what had been disbursed and place 
the remainder in the hands of the treasurer. 

The convention then adjourned to the American House, 
where a supper was served at 9 o'clock. After supper the 
camp-fire was held, which was greatly enjoyed by all i)res- 
ent. 



ANTIETAM. 

By Irene Fowler Brown. 

Shock and onset of gray and blue, 

Smoke and carnage and spatter of red, 
Belching cannon where young corn grew, 

Rank after rank of weltering dead. 
Here in the valley they charged and met, 

South and North — and the slain piled deep; 
Here in the valley the grass grew wet. 

Thousands were left on the field asleep. 

And this Antietam? The Bloody Lane 

Where cattle browse on their homeward way, 
And loitering plowmen to tinkling chain 

Follow the path of dying day. 
Peace and plenty and lights of home. 

Planting and harvest and even-song. 
Flower and fruit from the blood-soaked loam," 

Bounteous corn-fields where Death reaped long. 

O my heart ! Wilt thou look and learn ? 

Out of the havoc and blood and strife, 
See, where the red of the sod we turn 

Blossoms the grace of a strange new life. 
Sorrow and hatred and pain will go, 

Sharpness of death — that, too, will cease; 
Out of the agony, roses grow ; 

Out of the heart-ache, infinite peace. 



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THE DAYS OP SIXTV-TIIREl-:. 

Written at the Gettysburg Reunion, 1888, by Major Marcus S. 
Hopkins, of the Seventh Ohio Regiment. 

Ah yes ! the days of Sixty-three 
Were fateful days for you and me : 

WHien in a milhon muskets' rattle 

Was heard the mighty storm of battle. 
And, midst the shrieks of hurtling shell, 
Rang out the thrilling "rebel yell," 

As if some fearful spirit's might 

Had added fury to the fight. 
And War and Hate had come again. 
To sway primeval savage men. 

So long the trembling balance stood 

Unswerved, amidst the tide of blood. 
That freedom's hope grew dim — Ah then 
Came the transcendent test of men ! 

There faced us foes, we knew full well. 

Who yielded only as they fell. 
\\'e knew the fateful die was cast — 
Must this free country be the last? 

And in our ruin Kings could see 

■Mankind thrust back to monarchy. 
In all the story of our race 
No equal crisis finds a place. 

Then rose each patriot spirit high. 

Resolved the nation should not die ; 
And on the land, and on the sea, 
The best blood flowed for liberty. 

Fair youth and sturdy manhood gave 

Up life as only give the brave: 
And ere the foemen's force was spent. 
Fresh graves marked half a continent. 

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514 se;vi;nth rkgimdnt ohio volunthe:r infantry 

Alas ! such chastening had to be, 
Ere God vouchsafed our victory, 
That blazoned foremost in the van 
Of all proud names — American ; — 
* * * * 

Henceforth we stand in peace allied, 

Comrade and foeman side by side, 
Beneath the ensign of the free, 
That speaks the Nation's majesty. 

Willing to hide the bitter past. 

In one true union blent at last. 

O ! fair the gifts a bounteous hand 
Has showered on our tranquil land ; 

But brighter, grander still, we see 

The vision of our destiny. 

Ah yes ! the days of Sixty-three, 
That set the seal of Liberty, 

In memory ever fresh shall be — 

Heroic days of Sixty-three ! 



"THE PHANTOM REGIMENT." 

By Levi F. Bauder, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

On a beautiful isle of Lake Erie, 

In the mellowing days of September, 
When the hours never long seem nor weary, 

And the grapes are aglow like an ember — 
In a grove whose broke branches had wrested 

With the merciless winds and the snow, 
The white tents of a regiment nestled 

Like ermines who dreamed of no foe. 

Where the white caverned rocks are reflected 
On the swell of the long curving billow, 

Near where Perry's dead heroes neglected 
Lie nameless beneath a gaunt willow, 



POEMS 5 I 5 

1 dreamed of our dead and forj^olten. 
Marked u)ik)ioz(.'n on the tablets of Fame, 

And a long line of heroes filed past me. 
Who for us gave a life and a name. 

With measured tread to beat of drum, 

A ghostly column strode, 
In rigid ranks with arms aslant. 

Along a dustless road ; 
And I seemed to see as they passed me by 

Full many a well-known face. 
Each marching along as in days of yore 

In his old accustomed place. 

With the grace of youth ; but each face was pale. 

And furrowed by lines of pain. 
Though lost to fame they proudly marched 

As though they had fought not in vain. 
They halted for roll-call, and for each name 

A ready Here! was said. 
I listened with awe, for the sergeants there 

Were calling the roll of our dead. 

"All present or accounted for; 

A detail is still on earth. 
To guard our flag, to mark our graves. 

To let men know our worth." 
I awakened startled from my sleep. 

And called my comrades near — 
"Our regiment, comrades, is with the dead, 

'Tis the rear-guard only here!" 

Comrades, we are growing older. 

And our fires are burning low. 
And the hearts of men seem colder 

Than they were short years ago. 
Where once danced the dimpling crinkles 

When we laughed our cares away. 
Now are graved the rigid wrinkles 

Over beards just tinged with gray. 



5i6 seve;nth regiment ohio volunteer ineantry 

Comrades, we are growing fewer 

'Round each yearly camp-fire met; 
Some we miss, than whom none truer 

Faced the lead and bayonet. 
Some are at the out-post falling, 

Guarding home and child and wife, 
Answering to the Master's calling 

Of the muster -out of life. 



DIRGE FOR ONE WHO FELL IN BATTLE. 

By Thomas William Parsons. 

Room for a Soldier ! lay him in the clover ; 

He loved the fields, and they shall be his cover ; 

Make his mound with hers who called him once her lover : 

Where the rain may rain upon it, 

Where the sun may shine upon it, 

Where the lamb hath lain upon it, 

And the bee will dine upon it. 

Bear him to no dismal tomb under city churches ; 
Take him to the fragrant fields, by the silver birches. 
Where the whippoorwill shall mourn, where the oriole 
perches : 

Make his mound with sunshine on it. 

Where the bee will dine upon it. 

Where the lamb hath lain upon it. 

And the rain will rain upon it. 

Busy as the busy bee, his rest should be the clover ; 

Gentle as the lamb was he, and the fern should be his cover ; 

Fern and rosemary shall grow my soldier's pillow over : 

Where the rain may rain upon it, 

Where the sun may shine upon it. 

Where the lamb hath lain upon it. 

And the bee will dine upon it. 



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Sunshine in his heart, the rain would come fuU often 
Out of those tender eyes which evernn^re did soften : 
He never could look cold till we saw him in his colTin. 

Alake his mound with sunshine on it, 

Where the wind may sigh upon it. 

Where the moon may stream upon it. 

And Memory shall dream upon it. 

"Captain or colonel," — whatever invocation 
Suit our hymn the best, no matter for thy station. — 
On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a miglity 
nation ! 

Long as the sun doth shine upon it 
Shall glow the goodly pine upon it. 
Long as the stars do gleam upon it 
Shall Memory come to dream upon it. 



SOMEBODY'S DARLING. 

By AUrie R. D'Istria La Costk. 

Into a ward of the whitewashed walls. 

Where the dead and dying lay. 
Wounded by bayonets, shells, and balls. 

Somebody's Darling was borne one day — 
Somebody's Darling, so young and so brave, 

Wearing yet, on his pale, sweet face. 
Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave, 

The lingering light of his boyhood's grace. 

Matted and damp are the curls of gold. 
Kissing the snow of that fair young brow, 

Pale are the lips of delicate mold — 
Somebody's Darling is dying now. 

Back from his beautiful, blue-venied brow- 
Brush all the wandering waves of gold. 

Cross his hands on his bosom now — 
Somebody's Darling is still and cold. 



5l8 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Kiss him once more for somebody's sake ; 

Murmur a prayer soft and low; 
One bright curl from its fair mates take — 

They were somebody's pride, you know ; 
Somebody's hand has rested there — 

Was it a mother's, soft and white? 
And have the lips of a sister fair 

Been baptized in those waves of light ? 

God knows best. He has somebody's love; 

Somebody's heart enshrined him there; 
Somebody wafted his name above 

Night and morn on the wings of prayer ; 
Somebody wept when he marched away, * 

Looking so handsome, brave, and grand ; 
Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay; 

Somebody clung to his parting hand. 

Somebody's waiting and watching for him, 

Yearning to hold him again to the heart ; 
And there he lies, with his blue eyes dim, 

And the smiling childlike lips apart. 
Tenderly bury the fair young dead, 

Pausing to drop on his grave a tear ; 
Carve on the wooden slab at his head, 

"Somebody's Darling slumbers here." 



THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD. 

By Theodore O'Hara. 

The muffled drum's sad roll has beat 

The soldier's last tattoo ; 
No more on life's parade shall meet 

The brave and daring few. 
On Fame's eternal camping ground 

Their silent tents are spread. 
And Glory guards with solemn round 

The bivouac of the dead. 



POEMS 519 

No rumor of the foe's advance 

Now swells iiix)n the wind ; 
No troubled thought at midnight haunts 

Of loved ones left behind ; 
No vision of the morrow's strife 

The warrior's dream alarms ; 
No braying horn nor screaming fife 

At dawn shall call to arms. 



Their shivered swords are red with rust. 

Their plumed heads are bowed ; 
" Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, 

Is now their martial shroud ; 
And plenteous funeral tears have washed 

The red stains from each brow. 
And their proud forms in battle gashed 

Are free from anguish now. 



The neighing steed, the flashing blade. 

The trumpet's stirring blast. 
The charge, the dreadful cannonade. 

The din and shout are past ; 
No war's wild note, nor glory's peal. 

Shall thrill with fierce delight 
Those breasts that nevermore shall feel 

The rapture of the fight. 



Like the dread Northern hurricane 

That sweeps his broad plateau. 
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain. 

Came down the serried foe. 
Our Heroes felt the shock, an 1 leapt 

To meet them on the plain : 
And long the pitying sky hath \vei)t 

Above our gallant shin. 



520 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INFANTRY 

Sons of our consecrated ground, 

Ye must not slumber there, 
Where stranger steps and tongues resound 

Along the heedless air. 
Your own proud land's heroic soil 

Shall be your fitter grave, 
She claims from war his richest spoil — 

The ashes of her brave. 



So 'neath their parent turf they rest. 

Far from the gory field. 
Borne to a Spartan mother's breast 

On many a bloody shield. 
The sunshine of their native sky 

Smiles sadly on them here, 
And kindred hearts and eyes watch by 

The heroes' sepulcher. 



Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead ! 

Dear as the blood you gave, 
No impious footsteps here shall tread 

The herbage of your grave ; 
Nor shall your glory be forgot 

While Fame her record keeps, 
Or Honor points the hallowed spot 

Where Valor proudly sleeps. 



Yon marble minstrel's voiceful stone 

In deathless song shall tell. 
When many a vanished age hath flcwn. 

The story how ye fell ; 
Nor wreck nor change, nor winter's blight, 

Nor time's remorseless doom 
Shall dim one ray of holy light 

That gilds your glorious tomb. 



General Roster Seventh Regiment O. V. I. 



FIELD AND STAFF SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Note — All officers and enlisted men who were in first three months' service and re- 
enlisted for three years, were mustered o\it of three months' service June 20, 1S61 , by 
reason of such reeulistment. The abbreviation K. S. is for entered service. 

Tyler, Erastus B. ; colonel; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 nios., Jtinc 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed colonel May 7, '61 ; promoted to brig.-gen. May 20, 
"02; promoted to maj.-gen. by brevet March 13, '65; resigned Aug. 24, 
'65 ; died Jan. 9, '91. 

Creichton, William R. ; colonel; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 mos., June 
19. 61, 3 yrs.; appointed captain Co. A April 19, '61; promoted to 
lieut.-col. May 7, '61; promoted to colonel May 20, '62; wounded in 
left side and arm at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9. '62; killed 
at battle of Ringgold. Ga.. Nov. 27, '63, while in command of brigade. 

AsPER, Joel F. ; lieut.-col; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 3, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed captain Co. H April 24, '61; promoted to lieut.-col. 
May 20, '62; wounded in leg at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 
'62; resigned March 2, '63, on account of disability; reentered the 
service May 7, '64, as colonel 171st O. V. I. ; mustered out Aug. 20. '64; 
in 1870 was a member of Congress from Missouri. 

Crane. Orrin J.; Heut.-col. ; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 nios.. Jinic 13. 
'61. 3 yrs.; appointed ist Heut. Co. A April 19, '61; promoted to cap- 
tain May 14, '61; promoted to major May 25, '62; promoted to heut.- 
col. March 2, '63; wounded in foot at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va.. 
Aug. 9, '62; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga.. Nov. 27. '63; participated 
in every battle in which the regiment was engaged to the time of his 
death. 

McClelland, Samuel; lieut.-col.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 nios., June 

19. '61. 3 vrs.; appointed ist lieut. Co. I April 24, '61 ; promoted to cap- 
tain Co' il Mav 20, '62; promoted to lieut.-col. Dec. i, '63: wounded 
in head at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; wounded in face 
and arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, 63; mustered out with 
regiment at Cleveland, O., July 8, '64; died, '72. 

Casement, John S. ; major; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos. June 10. 61. 
3 yrs.; appointed major May 7, '61; resigned May 23. 62. to accept 
promotion as colonel 103d O. V. I.; promoted to bng.-gcn. Jan. 23. 05: 
resigned April 30, '65. 

Seymour, Frederick A.; major; E. S. April 23. 61. 3 mos.. June 14, 
'6r, 3 yrs.; appointed captain Co. G April 23. 61; resigned April 2^, 
'63, on account of disability; appointed major from civil life .May -. 
'63, commission revoked; appointed major Dec. i. 63; resigned March 

20. '64; died 1002. .. .^ T 
CusHiNG, Henry K. ; surgeon; E. S. April 25, 61. 3 nios June 21. 

61. 3 yrs.; appointed surgeon May 2, "61 ; resigned Sept. 6. bi. 
Salter, Francis; surgeon; E. S. April 23. '61. 3 mos.. Aug. to. 61. 

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522 sKVDNTH re;gime;nt ohio voIvUnti:e;r infantry 

3 3'rs. ; appointed asst. surg. May 2, '6i ; promoted to surgeon '6i., 

resigned Nov. 2, '62, to accept appointment as medical director on staft 
of Gen. Crooks; died 

Behows, Curtiss J.; surgeon; H. S. Dec. i, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed 
surgeon Dec. i, '62; mustered out with regiment July 8, '64. 

Denig, Charles E. ; asst. surg. ; E. S. Sept. 9, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed 
asst. surg. Sept. 9, '61 ; resigned Sept. 2, '62 ; died 

Hitchcock, Edgar M. ; asst. surg.; E. S. Nov. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed asst. surg. Nov. 11, '62; resigned June 10, '63. 

Ferguson, John C. ; asst. surgeon; E. S. April 14, '63, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed asst. surg. April 14, '63; mustered out with regiment July 8, 
'64; died 

Williams, David; asst. surg.; E. S. July 18, '63, 3 yrs.; appointed 
asst. surg. July 18, '63 ; promoted to surgeon 56th O. V. I. Dec. 23, '63. 

Brown, Frederick T. ; chaplain; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 21, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed chaplain May 7, '61 ; in addition to his duties as 
chaplain Mr. Brown rendered important service as bearer of unwritten 
dispatches from Col. Tyler to Gen. Cox, going alone across the country 
occupied by guerrillas and bushwhackers ; resigned Nov. 15, '61 ; died 
Jan. II, '93. 

Wright, Dean C. ; chaplain; E. S. Jan. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed 
chaplain Jan. 11, '62; acted as volunteer aide-de-camp to Gen. Tyler at 
battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; resigned Jan. 9, '63 ; died 

De Forest, Louis G. ; adjutant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. Co. B April 22, 1861 ; promoted to ist 
lieut. and adjutant May 17, '61 ; transferred to staff of Gen. Tyler as 
A. A. A. Gen. Feb. i, '62, resigned March 12, '62; reentered the service 
as captain Co. C 150th O. V. I. May 2, '64; mustered out with com- 
pany Aug. 23, '64; died Aug. 2, '70. 

MoLYNEAux, Joseph B. ; adjutant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 

18, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Co. B April 22, '61 ; promoted to ist 
sergt. May 17, '61; mustered out June 18, '61, to accept appointment as 
1st lieut. Co. B in 3 yrs. service; detached to command of Co. E Sept. 

1, '61 ; detached to command of Co. A ist Kentucky Infantry Oct — , 
'61 ; commanded expedition from Camp Enyart, Va., and recovered 
herd of cattle from Rebel guerrillas ; returned to command of Co. E 
7th O. V. I; appointed adjutant Feb. i, '62; acting aide-de-camp to 
Gen. Lander on expedition to Bloomery Furnace, Va., Feb. 14, '62 ; 
commanded escort to Gen. Lander's body enroute to train March 3, '62 ; 
detached on special duty to gather convalescents from hospitals at 
Alexandria and vicinity and return them to their regiments ; detached 
as inspecting officer on staff of Gen. Geary to inspect Gen. Crawford's 
Division in Maryland Heights; promoted to captain Co. A Sept. i, '62; 
wounded in head, shoulder and leg, and had two horses killed under 
him at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862; resigned Feb. 12, 
'63, by reason of disability arising from wounds; reentered service May 

2, '64, as captain Co. E, 150th O. V. L, and assigned to command of Fort 
Thayer, near Washington, D. C. ; mustered out with company Aug. 23, 
'64. 

Shepherd, William D. ; adjutant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 

19, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed Corporal Co. D ; promoted to ist sergt. ; pro- 
moted to 2d lieut. and assigned to Co. H Nov 25, '61; promoted to ist 
lieut. April 14, '62; appointed adjutant Sept. i, '62; resigned March 



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25, '63; commissioned captain Co. E 171st O. V. I. May 2, '64; dis- 
charged July I, '64, to accept appointment of captain and C. S. U. S. 
Vols. ; mustered out Oct. 9, '65 ; died July 3, '82. 

Brooks, Charles A.; adjutant; E. S. .\lay 20, '61; 3 yrs. ; appointed 
corporal Co. H June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant May 20, '62 ; pro- 
moted to 1st sergt. July i, '62; promoted to ist lieut. and adjutant May 
31, '63; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; de- 
tached on recruiting service July — , '63 ; killed in railroad accident at 
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 13. '63. 

B.\.XTER, Morris; adjutant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Co. B June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant ; 
discharged Nov. 12, '62, to accept promotion to 2d lieut. Co. H ; pro- 
moted to 1st lieut. and adjutant Sept. i, '63; mortally wounded at the 
battle of Ringgold. Ga., Nov. 27, '63, and died Nov. 30, '63; body re- 
moved to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Morris, John; R. Q. M. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed reg. quar. mas. May 8, '61 ; resigned Dec. 20, '61 ; 
commissioned as capt. and A. Q. M. May 23, '62; resigned Sept. 24, '63, 
to accept appointment as med. inspec. at Lincoln Hospital at Washing- 
ton, D. C, where he remained until close of the war; died Feb. 10, '03. 

WiLus. Joshua G. ; R. Q. M.; E. S. Oct. 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
R. Q. ]\L Oct. 31, '61 ; resigned July 23, '62, to accept promotion as 
captain and commissary of subsistence. 

LooMis, Stephen T. ; R. Q. M. ; E. S. Sept. i. '62, 3 yrs.; appointed 
2d lieut. and R. Q. M. Sept. i, '62; promoted to ist lieut. and R. Q. 
M. Dec. 4, '62; promoted to captain March 19, '64; declined promo- 
tion; mustered out with regiment July 8, '64; died 

Hubbard, Newton K. ; sergt.-maj.; E. S. April 24, '6r, 3 mos., June 
19, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted to sergt.-maj. Jan. i, "64, from sergeant Co. 
D ; mustered out with regiment July 8, '64. 

Webb, Joseph P.; sergt.-maj.; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted 
from private Co. B Jan. i, '62; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., 
March 23, '62. 

King, Leicester; sergt.-maj.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19. 
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted from private Co. H; appointed sergt.-maj. June 
19, '61; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. I Dec. 17, '61; promoted to ist lieut. 
June 10, "62; resigned Dec. 3, '63; at the battle of Port Republic, Va.. 
June 9, '62, Lieut. King, while acting as R. Q. M., entered the fight, and 
after five color bearers had been killed or wounded he carried the 
colors through the battle and safely from the field ; died 

Brown, Dwight H. ; sergt.-maj.; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 rnos.. June 

19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant Co. A April 29, '61; appointed ser- 
geant Nov. 20. "61; promoted to sergt.-maj. April i, '62; promoted to 
2(1 lieut. Co. A Jan. 7, '63; wounded twice in right leg at battle of 
Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64; 
died 

Harmon, Frank J.; Q. 'M. sergt,; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 

20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Co. C April 30, '61 ; promoted to 
sergeant June 20, '61; promoted to Q. M. sergt. Sept. i, '62; mustered 
out with regiment July 8, '64. 

Hopkins, Marcus S. ; Q. M. sergt.; E. S. .^pril 25. '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted from private Co. E June 10. '61; re-appointed 
Q. M. sergt. June 20, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. K Feb. 5, 



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524 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INFANTRY 

'62; promoted to ist iieut. Co. F July 25, '62; severely wounded in 
face at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62; resigned on account 
of wounds July 2, '63; appointed ist Iieut. 66th Co. 2d Battalion V. R. 
C. July 3, 63 ; transferred to Co. D 9th V. R. C. Aug., '65 ; detached 
to duty at Brentsville, Va., as provost marshal and asst. supt. Bureau 
of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands June i, '66; honorably 
discharged as brev.-maj. Jan. i, '68, by order of Gen. Grant. 

Owen, DanieIv D. ; com. sergt. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Co. H June 20, '61 ; promoted to com. 
sergt. Nov. 30, '61 ; mustered out with regiment July 8, '64. 

King, Ira S. ; hos. stwd.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; promoted to hos. stwd. Jan. 10, '62 ; taken prisoner at Winchester, 
Va., May 24, '62; paroled and discharged for disability March 15, '64. 

Hughes, Morris R. ; hos. stwd.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to hos. stwd. from private Co. G June 14, '62, and 
did surgeon's duty on the various battlefields in which the regiment 
was engaged until his discharge, Jan. 23, '63, by reason of disability 
arising from broken leg. 

Walters, Reuben W.; hos. stwd.; E. S. Aug. 15, '62, 3 yrs.; sent to 
hospital at Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 9, '62; returned to regiment Aug. 
24, '63 ; detailed for duty at headquarters 2d division, 12th corps Sept. 
I?) '63; promoted to hos. stwd. from private Co. D March 15, '64; 
transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I. Oct. 31, '64; discharged from hospital 
at Nashville, Tenn., March i, '65, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Orvis, Receleus W. ; prin. mus. : E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed prin. mus. from private Co. G Nov. i, '63; mus- 
tered out with regiment July 8, '64. 

Wetzee, Henry; chief bugler; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed chief bugler from private Co. E May i, '63; mus- 
tered out with regiment July 8, '64; died 

Wood, Harry; fife maj.; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed fife 
maj. from private Co. D June 20, '61 ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross 
Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 25, '62, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability ; died 

Woodard, Joshua L. ; drum maj.; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed drum maj. from drummer Co. F. ; reappointed 
drum maj. June 21, '61; discharged March 9, '62; reenlisted as private 
in Co. G, 177th O. V. L Sept. 2, '64; promoted to prin. mus. Oct. 4. '64^ 
and transferred to Field and Staff; mustered out with regiment June 
24, '65. 

ROSTER REGIMENTAL BAND. 

CoE, Henry H. ; leader; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out at 
Washington, D. C, July 5, '62. 

Eileman, F. a.; musical director; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos., July 
10, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, '62. 

Erown, Alexander B.; ist class musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos., 
July ID, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, '62. 

Hennessey, James D. ; ist class musician; E. S. July 10. '61, 3 yrs.; 
mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, '62; died 

ParmelE. John; ist class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; mus- 
tered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, '62. 

BosTwiCK, Edgar M. ; 2d class musician; E. S. July lo, '6x, 3 yrs.; 



REGIMKNTAl, ROSTKR, BAND S-'t 

transferred from Co. C; mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, 
•62. See Co. C. 

Brockway. !\Iarcus; 2d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, .^ yrs. ; 
transferred from Co. A; mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, 
'62. See Co. A. 

Gii-i,, Ely E. ; 2d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out at Washington. D. C, July 5, '62; he enlisted Aug. 11, '62, in Co. E, 
105th O. V. I.; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant; mustered 

out with company June 3, '65 ; died 

HuMisTON. John F. ; 2d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; 
mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, '62. 

Marshall, Samuel J. M. ; 2d class musician; E. S. Mav 25. '61, 3 
mos.. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, 

'62; died 

Bates, Joseph E. ; 3d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; 
transferred from Co. C; mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, 
'62. See Co. C. 

Cl.\rk, Martin V.; 3d class musician; E. S. Aug. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; 
transferred from Co. C; mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, 
'62. See Co. C for record of subsequent service. 

Fairgraves, William; 3d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; 
mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5, '62. 

GiLMORE, David S. ; 3d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 yrs.; 
mustered out at Washington. D. C, July 5, '62 ; died March 7, '06. 
Hunter, William M.; 3d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61, 3 ys. ; 

mustered out at Washington, D. C, July S, '62 ; died 

Rossiter, Charles W. ; 3d class musician: E. S. July 10, -61, 3 yrs.; 
transferred from Co. C; mustered out at Washington. D. C, July 5, 
'62. See Co. C. 

RowE. John; 3d class musician; E. S. July 10, '61. 3 yrs.: trans- 
ferred from Co. D; mustered out at Washington, D. C, July 5. 62. 

See company D : died , 

Armstrong, Ethan; musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out at Gauley Bridge, Va.. Oct. 12, '61. 

Butler, Lysander; musician; E. S. May 25, '61, 3 nios. ; mustered 
out at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61. 

Elder. Martin A.; musician; E. S. May 25. '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
at Gauley Bridge. Va., Oct. 12, '61. 

Hale, Frank B. ; musician; E. S. May 25. '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 12, '61. 

Ingersoll. Henry: musician; E. S. :May 25, "61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out at Gauley Bridge, Va.. Oct. 12, '61. 

Park. William H.; musician; E. S. May 25. '61, 3 mos.; nui>tcrcd 
out at Gauley Bridge. Va.. Oct. 12. "61. 

Phinney. George W. : musician: E. S. May 25, 61, 3 mos.: mus- 
tered out at Gauley Bridge. Va., Oct. 12. '61. 

Perry. Oliver H. ; musician; E. S. May 25. '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out at Gauley Bridge, Va.. Oct. 12. '61. 

Smith, Edward F. ; musician; E. S. May 25, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out at Gauley Bridge, Va.. Oct. 12. *6i. 

In addition to their duties as regimental band. Leader Henry H. Loc 
frequently used his band in the care of the sick, helped the wounded 



526 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

from the battlefield, buried the dead, and many similar duties, and its 
muster-out was greatly regretted by the entire regiment. 

ROSTER OF COMPANY A, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Creighton, Wiluam R. ; captain; E. S. April 19, '6r, 3 mos., June 
19) '61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to lieut.-col. May 7. '61. See Field and 
Staff. 

Cr.\nE, Orrin J.; captain; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 mos., June 18, '61, 
3 yrs. ; promoted to major May 25, '62. See Field and Staff. 

MoLYNEAux, Joseph B. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
18, '61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Field and Staff. 

Howe, William A.; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal April 29, '61 ; appointed sergeant June 19, 
'61; promoted to ist sergt. November 20, '61; promoted to 2d lieut. 
April_ 13, '62; promoted to ist lieut. November 12, '62; promoted to 
captain June i, '63; participated in every battle in which the regiment 
was engaged except Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Ring- 
gold ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Burgess, Albert C. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 29, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to captain of Co. F Nov. 25, '61. See Co. F. 

LoCKWooD, Ralph; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist lieut. Co. E April 25, '61 ; mustered out June 
17, '61, to accept appointment as 2d heut. Co. E 7th O. V. I.; promoted 
to 1st lieut. Co. A Nov. 25, '61 ; honorably discharged by order War 
Department Nov. 10, '62. 

McKay, George A.; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 29, '61; promoted to ist sergt. 
May 14, '61; promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 7, '62; promoted to ist lieut. 
January i, '63; detached as assistant inspector general ist Brigade, 2d 
Division, 12th Army Corps, September 18. '63 ; McKay was wounded 
in the following battles, Cross Lanes, W. Va., Aug. 26, '61, Winchester, 
Va., March 23, '62, Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62, Cedar Mountain, 
Va., Aug. 9, _ '62, Antietam. Md., Sept. 17, '62, and Ringgold, Ga., 
Nov. 27, '63, in the latter named battle being totally disabled by being 
shot through both legs; mustered out with the company July 6, '64; he 
was promoted to captain while lying wounded at Chattanooga, Tenn., 
but was unable to get mustered (on account of being absent from his 
command) for several years afterward, when he was mustered to take 
effect March 19, '64, and honorably discharged as captain of Co. F to 
date July 6, '64, by order of the commander-in-chief and adjutant gen- 
eral of the anny, as well as by authority of the Secretary of War; he 
participated in every battle the regiment was engaged in until totally 
disabled. 

Kimball, Dudley A.; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. April 29, '61; promoted to 2d heut. 
May 14, 186 1 ; resigned April i, '62; reentered service as ist lieut. Co. 
A, 103d O. V. I., July I, '62; discharged Nov. 24, '62; died 

Brown, Dwight H. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
61, 3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff. 

Claflin, Jere G. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '63, 
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 19, '61 ; promoted to ist sergt. Nov. 7, 
'62; wounded severely in right leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. A 527 

'62; wounded in the neck at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July i, '6r 
mustered out with company July 6, '64; rcenlistcd Sept. 'i.^ '64. Vn Co! 
B, 177th O. V. I.; appointed sergeant; promoted to sergt.-maj. ; pro- 
moted to 2d heut. Co. B, January 24, '65 ; mustered out with company 
June 24, 65. 

Lynch, Frank ; sergt.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; appointed ser- 
geant April 29, 61 ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered the service 
as capt. Co. G. 27th O. V. I.; promoted to lieut.-col. March t, '64- 
severely wounded at battle of Atlanta, Ga., July 22, '64; mustered out 

May 29, '65; died . 

Davis, Zebulon P., sergeant; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 61, 
3 yrs. ; apponitcd corporal ; promoted to sergeant Nov. 20, 1861 ; 
wounded in face at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Mallory, John H.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
61, 3 yrs.; promoted to corporal Nov. 20, '61; promoted to sergeant 
May 14, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died May 23 
1906. 

Williams, Francis; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
"61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; 
paroled and exchanged Nov. 11, '62; reported to regiment for duty 
March 29, '63; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant Sept. i, '63; 

mustered out with company July 6, 64; died . 

Galvin, John H. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19. '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Sept. i, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan 16, 
"64; w^oundcd in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. Aug. 9, '62; 
wounded at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

lioLLY, Morris J.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19. "61. 
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned 
to duty ; appointed to corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant 
^Liy 14, '62; taken prisoner at Snicker's Gap, Va.. July 22, '63; mus- 
tered out December 17, '64, expiration term of service. 

Lkco.mpt, Theodore; sergeant; E S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
"61, 3 yrs.; died at Sutton, Va., July 28, '61. 

Davis, Llewellyn R. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos., June 19, 
'61. 3 yrs.; for record sec Co. C. 

Smith, Carlos A.; sergeant; E. S. April 22. *6i, 3 mos., June 19. 
'61. 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant Aug. 3, '61; discharged Dec. 21, '61, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Sadler, William; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19. 
"61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61; wounded at battle of 
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62: promoted to sergeant May 14, '62; 
detailed on recruiting service July, '62; transferred to Invalid Corps 

January 15, '64; died . 

Morgan. William J.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.; ap- 
pointed corporal April 29, '6r ; mustered out Aug. 22. '61 ; reentered 
service as ist lieut. Co. E. 41st O. V. L. .\ug. 27. '61; promoted to 
captain Co. H, Jan. 9, '62; resigned ^L^rch 24. "63; died Sept. 12. '04. 

Ewart, Alexander; corporal; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos.; ap- 
pointed corporal April 29, '61 ; mustered out Aug. 22, "61. 

Warren, Hir.^m V.; corporal; E. S. May 24. '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal May 24, '62; special duty with Pioneer Corps; dc- 



528 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

tached to Commissary Department; mustered out with company July 
6, '64; died April 7, '05. 

GiLLETT, Townley; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; killed at battle of Port 
Republic June 9, '62. 

Austin, Alfred; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 11, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out 3 mos. term Aug. 22, '61 ; appointed corporal 
June 27. '62; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May i, '63; 
returned to dutv ; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63. 

Craig, John D. ; corporal; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral Sept. I, "62; killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '62,, 
while carrying the colors. 

CoLLETT, John C. ; corporal; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal July, '62,; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, %2>; 
body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Brown, Henry J.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; detached on recruiting ser- 
vice; returned to regiment May 11, '62; wounded at battle of Cedar 
Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62, and died in hospital at Alexandna, Va., 
Aug. 26, '62 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va. 

Kelley, Edward F. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 10, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of 
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died in hospital at Winchester, Va., 
April 2, '62. 

Werz, Francis I.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 4, '62; wounded in thigh at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62, and died in hospital at Alexan- 
dria, Va., Jan. 5, '63. 

Button, Frank; corporal; E. S- April 22, '61. 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., 
Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged Oct. 4, '62. on account of disability ; reen- 
tered service as ist lieut. Co. H, 150th O. V. I., May 2, '64; mustered 

out with company Aug. 23, '64; died . 

Holmes, Milton D. ; corporal; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged June 16, '6^, by order of War Department. 

LovETT, Aaron C. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June lo. 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 12, '62; severely wounded in thigh 
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62, while carrying the regi- 
mental colors; discharged Sept. 14, '62, by reason of disability; re- 
enlisted Oct. 10, '62, in Co. I, loth Ohio Cavalry; promoted to 2d 
sergt. March i, '63; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. E, July 25, '64; re- 
signed April 3, '65. 

Sweet, Samuel; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos._, June 10. '61. 
3 vrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; wounded in right breast at 
battle of Winchester. Va., March 23, '62; discharged Oct. 20, '62, by 
order of War Department. 

SmallEy, Herbert L. ; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal Sept. i, '62; wounded in left arm at battle of Chan- 
cellorsville, Va., May 3, '62,; discharged Feb. 22, '64, by order of Gen. 

Slocum ; died . 

FoRBEY, William E. ; corporal; E. S. Sept. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal Juljs '63; transferred per Special Field Order No. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. A 529 

156, Hd. Qrs. Dept. of Cumberland June 8, '64; discharged at expira- 
tion of term of service. 

Wood, Charles A.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 11, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61; appointed 
corporal Nov. 7, '63 ; wounded in neck at battle of Chancellorsvillc, 
Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to detachment of recruits and assigned to 
5th Regt. O. V. I. ; mustered out at expiration of term of service. 

IMcClain, Joseph; bugler; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
bugler July 22, '62 ; detached as bugler at Division headquarters ; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Brockway, Marcus; drummer; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Regimental Band and mustered out at Washington, D. C, 
July 5. '62; reenlistcd May 2, '64, as musician in Co. C, 150th O. V. I.; 
mustered out with company Aug. 2, '64; see Co. H. 

Mullen, Edward; drummer; E. S. Oct. 12, '61, 3 yrs.; dis- 
charged on surgeon's certificate of disability April 14, '62. 

French, Lafayette; musician; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Austin. Lewis; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs ; discharged Feb. 16, '63, order of War Department. 

AvERiLL, Stephen; private; E. S. Aug. 5, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, June 8, '64; appointed corporal; mustered out 
at McDougal Hospital May 29, '65. 

Bishop, Albert; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Blaiklock, Henry A.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at 
Aquia Creek Landing, Va. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Brightmore, Joseph T. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered 
on Invalid Roll ; returned to regiment for duty ; mustered out with 
company July 6, '64; one of the best soldiers in the regiment. 

Brand, Frederick W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in bowels at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 
9, '62 ; sick at Harper's Ferry, Va., Dec. 10, '62 ; returned to regiment 
for duty March 10, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Burroughs, Carlos A.; private; E. S. May 24. '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled and exchanged 
Nov. II, '62; returned to regiment for duty ]\Iarch 29. '63; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64 ; reentered U. S. service as wagonmast'^r. 

Blackwell. Joseph; private; E. S. Sept. 20, "61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62, and died Aug. 10, '62. 

Baudel, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61. 
3 yrs.; taken prisoner at the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., .Aug. 26, '61 ; 
paroled and exchanged Nov. 11, '62; returned to regiment for duty 
March 29, '63 ; killed at battle of Chancellorsvillc, Va., May 3, '63. 

Bradley, Chester W.; private; E. S. Aug. 8. '62. 3 yrs.; detailed 
as acting hos. stwd. ; taken prisoner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 
27, '62; exchanged; mustered out May 10, '65, by order War Depart- 
ment. 

Bennett, Perry; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Dec. 24, '61 at Romney, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

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530 se;ve:nth regime;nt ohio volunteer infantry 

Ballow, Charles; private; E; S. Sept. 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged 
Mav 10, '62, at New Market, Va., on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Burton, John H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; severely wounded in jaw, neck and shoulder at battle of Port 
RepubHc, Va., June 9, (i2\ discharged on surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability July 25, '62; reenhsted May 4, '64, in Co. G, isoth O. V. I.; 
appointed sergeant; promoted to sergt.-maj. May 6, '64; mustered out 
with regiment Aug. 2},, '64. 

Buchanan, Samuel E. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; severely 
wounded at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; ball entered 
mouth and came out at throat; discharged Aug. 13, '62, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability; died . 

Burt, Theodore; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; 
paroled and exchanged; discharged by order of War Department July 
30, '62 ; reenlisted in the 103d O. V. I ; died . 

Burns, John G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; 
paroled; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, April 25, '63. 

Barber, Richard L. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 7, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, June 8, '64; mustered out at Cleveland, O., 
May 30, '65. 

Baker, Charles; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, June 8, '64; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, 
Ga., June 27, '64; reported on cemetery records as buried in National 
Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Bower, John H. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner May 27, '62; paroled and exchanged; transferred to Invahd 
Corps Sept. i, '63, by order War Department. 

Bruik, Edward; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Brizley, Orlando J.; private; April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61 ; died . 

Burrows, Thomas; private; April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Cronan, John; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 6, 1864. 

Crippen, Andrew J.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Cheney, Charles H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Aug. i, 
'62, 3 yrs. ; mustered out of 3 months' service Aug. 23, '61 ; killed at 
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May i, '62,- 

CannEll, Morrison J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 
II, '61, 3 yrs; mustered out of 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61; died of 
disease at Newburgh, Ohio, Nov. 18, '61. 

Chelsey, Simon J.; private; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; detailed as 
provost guard; wounded in left arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., 
May 3, '63. 

Clancey, Daniel W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis- 
charged July 19, '62, by order of War Department. 

CrEquE, Ferdinand; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 



KKGIMKNTAL ROSTKR, CO. A 53 1 

in foot at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. Aug. 9, '62; discharged Nov. 
13, '62, on surgeon's certificate of di.sability. 

'Cami'bivi.Iv, Leander H.; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 19, 
"61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va.. March 21, '62; de- 
tached as clerk for Brig.-Gcn. Geary; discharged Nov. 21, '62, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

CuNTON. Alexander M.; private; E. S. Sept 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; 
wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. '62; dis- 
charged Nov. 2T, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; rcenlisted 
in Battery G, Ohio Light Artillery Dec. 28, '63; appointed corporal; 
wounded at battle of Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 30, '64; mustered out at 
Cleveland. Ohio, June 8, '65, by order of War Department; died . 

Clark, William S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Dowse, Thomas; private; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
left ankle at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; died Dec. 19, '63 

EcKERT, Henry C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; sick in hospital at Washington, D. C. ; returned to duty ; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, 1864; died . 

Evans, Evan; private; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos., June 19. '61. 3 
yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; pa- 
roled and exchanged Nov. 11, '62; no further record found; died . 

Evans, George W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
June 20, '62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

ErcHER, John; private; E. S. Aug. 3, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. R, 5th Regiment O. V. L, June 8, '64; mustered out at Columbus, 
O., July 5, '65, by order of War Department. 

Elwell, Oscar J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Fresher, Thomas; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
May 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Farranu, Frederick P.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 
20. '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out of 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61; de- 
tailed as hos. nurse at Winchester, Va., March 24. '62; discharged No- 
vember 4, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; reenlisted in Co. 
F, 150th O. V. L, May 2, '64; appointed ist sergt. ; mustered out with 
company Aug. 23, '64; died . 

FoRBEV, Albert A.; private; E. S. Aug. 5. '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th Regiment O. V. L, June 8. '64; wounded at Kenesaw 
Mountain. Ga., June 27, '64; mustered out at McDougal General Hos- 
pital, New York Harbor, Mav 30. "65- 

Fakrar, Clement H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out Aug. 22. '61. 

GiNTER. Abraham; private; E. S. May 24, '61. 3 yrs.; wounded 
in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862; died Sept. 
.3, '62. 

Gardner, Hampton F. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61. 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 2},. '62; discharged June 15. '62. 
on surgeon's certificate of disability; died one year and a day after 
discharge from the effects of the wound. 

GiLSON, William F. ; private; E. S. Sept. 11, '61. 3 yrs.; wounded 
at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. Aug. 9, '(i2\ discharged at Wash- 



532 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

ington, D. C, Jan. 23, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died 

Gazeley, Jabez C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; detailed as hos. nurse March 23, '62 ; wounded in leg at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged April 8, '63, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disability ; reenlisted in Co. E, 150th O. V. I., 
May 2, '64; appointed sergeant; mustered out with company Aug. 
23, '64; died . 

Gear, John ; private ; E. S. Sept. 2, '62, 3 yrs. ; detached with am- 
bulance corps ; returned to duty ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. 
I., June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department. 

Gazely, James; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Gable, Jacob H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

HouCK, Jacob F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64 ; died . 

Hatfield, Benjamin; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; returned to 
regiment for duty ; wounded in hand at Gettysburg, July 3, '63 ; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Humes, Hiram W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; no record 
found. 

Hubbell, William N. ; private ; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; dis- 
charged Dec. 24, '61, at Romney, Va., on surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability. 

Hoeeman, Fred W. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged Oct. 29, '62, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability ; reenlisted in Co. B, 177th O. V. I., 
Sept. 13, '64; appointed sergeant; promoted to ist sergt. Jan. 8, 1865; 
mustered out with company June 24, '65. 

Hart, Edward ; private ; E. S. Aug. 18, '62 ; transferred per Spe- 
cial Field Order No. 156 Headquarters Department of Cumberland, 
June 8, '64; discharged at expiration of term of service; died . 

Horn, William; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by 
order War Department ; died . 

Hammond, Theodore F. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; 
wounded in bowels at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July i, '63, by order of War 
Department. 

Heege, Jacob; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; detached with 
artillery; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. i, '63, by order 
of War Department. 

Harrington, John W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Hayward, William H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Henry, Roswell C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61 ; died 

Holly, Henry H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. B, 84th O. V. I., May 26, '62 ; mus- 
tered out with company Sept. 20, '62. 



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Johnston, Robert B. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
in right arm. near Dalton, Ga., May 26, '64; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6. '64. 

Jones, Jeremiah C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; dicu at Bridgeport, Ala., Feb. 22, '64; body removed to Na- 
tional Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tcnn. 

Jackman, Orvis F. ; private; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; right arm amputated ; discharged 
Nov. 20, '63, by order War Department. 

Johnson, William H.; private; E. S. Oct. 12, '61, 3 yrs.; detached 
as pioneer; returned to duty; transferred per special Field Order 156 
to Headquarters Department of Cumberland, June 8, '64; discharged 
at expiration of term of service. 

Kehl, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; missing at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; supposed 
to have been killed ; no further record found. 

Kellev, Philip; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., April i, '62, 3 
yrs. ; mustered out 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61 ; wounded in thigh 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged Nov. 28, '62, 
on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Keller, Charles A. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
above ankle at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged at 
Davids Island, June 5, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Keller, Frederick; private; E. S. Oct. 12, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
arm at battle of Port Republic, June 9, '62; discharged Jan. 5, '63, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Knoble, Leonard ; private ; E. S. Aug. 7, '62, 3 yrs. ; detached as 
provost guard ; returned to duty ; wounded in left arm at battle of 
Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63 ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regiment 
O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of the War 
Department. 

Kreitz, Albert P.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

LooMis, Luther W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; detached as 
teamster in division train ; returned to duty ; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64. 

Lant, John W. ; private; E. S. May 24. '61, 3 yrs.; sick at Cumber- 
land, Md., and detailed as nurse. No further record found. 

Lawrence, David B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; detached to artillery Oct. 20, '61 ; discharged July 20, "62 by 
order War Department ; died Aug. 26, '90. 

Lappin, Arthur; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; wounded in hand and arm 
at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Dec. 24, '62. 
on surgeon's certificate of disability ; recnlisted in artillery ; died 

Lloyd, James J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; sick at West Philadelphia, Pa. ; discharged Jan. 2, '63, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disability. 

Lucas William; private; E. S. Sept. 8, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged Feb. 
5, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Lincoln, Rufus W. ; private; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

McCain, Willis F. ; private; F. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; accident- 



534 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

ally shot and died at Gauley Bridge, Va., Sept. 27, '61 ; body moved to 
National Cemetery at Grafton, Va. 

McCanna, Michael ; private ; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; accidentally 
shot at Cotton Hill, Va., and died at Charleston, Va., Nov. 18, '61, 
body taken to Cleveland, Ohio, and buried there. 

McDowell, Fred G.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick ni 
hospital at Gauley Bridge and Charleston, Va., also at Cincinnati, Ohio ; 
discharged at Camp Kelley, Va., Feb. i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of 
disabihty. 

Morgan, Alonzo J.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at 
Washington, D. C, and detailed as ward master; returned to duty 
May 8, '62; mustered out with the company July 6, '64. 

Miller, Joseph; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged July 16, '62, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Maxfield, Isaac; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
shin at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; detailed as cook in 
hospital at Alexandria, Va. ; discharged at Washington, D. C, Jan. 16, 
'63. 

Mills, Stephen; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged Feb. 
9, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

McKay, Frederick A.; private; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61; reenlisted in Co. E, 41st O. V. I.; appointed 
sergeant; promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 24, '62; promoted to ist lieut. ; 
was severely wounded at the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Nov. 
25, '63, losing part of his right hand ; from the effects of this wound he 
died later ; resigned Nov. 20, '64. 

Martin, Thomas H. B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; died 

Meacham, Almon ; private ; E. S. April 22, '6x, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Neville, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61 ; reenhsted in Co. E, 41st O. V. I. 

Ott, Jacob; private; E. S, Aug. 19, '62, 3 yrs.; detailed as provost 
guard ; returned to duty ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 
8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department; died 
Dec. — 1904. 

Preble, Charles E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19. 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in hip at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 
'62; mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in Co. I, 13th 
Vet. Res. Corps, Feb. 15, '65 ; discharged Nov. 15, '65. 

Powell, Charles W.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.j detached 
with ambulance corps ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Pratt, Henry A.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at Wash- 
ington, D. C, and St. Joseph Hospital, New York; returned to duty; 
killed at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63. 

PrEstage, John H.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Romne.v, Va., Dec. 23, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Parsons, John G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; severely wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; 
discharged at Washington, D. C, Jan. 8, '63, on surgeon's certificate of 
disability; reentered service as ist lieut. in Co. E, 150th O. V. I., May 
2, '64; mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64; died 



RI;GIME;nTAL ROSTr,R, CO. A 535 

Paine, Geo. S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22. '61; recnlistcd in Co. A, 150th O. V. I., May 2, '64; mustered 
out with company Aug. 25, '64. 

Ranney, Charles H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 vrs. ; discharged at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 0, 'Oi, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability; reenlistcd in Co. F, 124th O. V. 1., July 25, '62; 
discharged Oct. 10, "63, on surgeon's certificate of disability; reenlisted 
in Co. F, 177th O. V. I., Sept. 21, '64; mustered out with company 
June 24, '65. 

RiCHELL. Thomas; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 nios., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; sick at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md. ; discharged Sept. 20, 
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Ryan, Thomas; private; E. S. July 29, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I.; appointed corporal Maich i, '65; mustered 
out June 5, '65, by order War Department. 

Rockefeller, Frank; private; E. S. Sept. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at 
Davids Island. New York; returned to duty; wounded at battle of 
Chancellorsville. Va., in the head May 3, '63 ; transferred to the 5th O. 
V. 1. per special Field Order No. 156, Headquarters Department of the 
Cumberland, June 8, '64; discharged at expiration of term of service. 
Randall, Frank; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
shoulder and taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; trans- 
ferred to Co. B. 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out July 25, 
'65, by order War Department. 

Randall, Adolphus M.; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out at Colum- 
bus, Ohio, July 26, '65, by order War Department. 

Rhodes, Frederick; private; E. S. Aug. 8, '62. 3 yrs.; in hospital at 
Washington, D. C. ; transferred to invalid corps January 15, '64; mus- 
tered out at Evansville, Ind., June 30, '65, by order of War Department 
Richmond, Edmond; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 

out Aug. 22, '61 ; died 

Rock, William F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Ross, Charles E.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Sherwood, Thomas C. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19. 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in bowels at battle of Cedar Mountani. Va.. Aug. 
9, '62; returned to duty and mustered out with company July 6, 64. 

Smith, Alered W.; private; E. S. .Vpril 22, '61, 3 mos.. June 19. 61, 
3 yrs.; detached with ammunition train as teamster; returned to duty 
and mustered out with company July 6. '64; died July 24, '05. 

Swayne, Edward A.; private; E. S. May 24. '61, 3 .vs.; sick at 
Aquia Creek, Va. ; returned to duty and mustered out with company 

Ymith,"*'Charles W.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.. May 3. 03; returned to 
duty and mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Stearns, Charles H.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at 
battle of Winchester, Va., March J3. '62. 

Snider. Adoli-h ; private; E. S. April 22. "61. 3 mos.. June 19. t>i. 
3 yrs.; killed at battle of Port Republic. \'a.. June 9. (^2. 



536 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

Shepley, Thomas; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded at Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died at Carnifax 
Ferry, Va., Sept. 2, '61. 

Shroeder, Louis; private; E. S. May 24, '6r, 3 yrs.; drowned in 
Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Va., May 24, '62. 

Spencer, George E. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
left leg, amputated, at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63, and died 
from effects of wounds Dec. 21, '63; body removed to National Ceme- 
tery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

ScoviLEE, Andrew J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, 
'61 ; paroled and exchanged ; reenlisted in Co. C, 103d Regt. O. V L, 
Aug. 6, '62, under the name of John Scoville ; mustered out with com- 
pany June 18, '65. 

St. Lawrence, Edward; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
"61, 3 yrs.; severely wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., 
Aug. 9, '62, was left in hospital at Culpeper, Va., and taken prisoner; 
sent to Fortress Monroe, Va., and discharged Jan. 21, '63, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Scoville, Thomas J. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged July 8, '62. on 
surgeon's certificate of disability; reenlisted in Co. C, 103d O. V L, 
Aug. 6, '62; appointed sergeant Jan. 13, '63; promoted to ist sergeant 
March i, '64; mustered out with company June 12, '65. 

Simons, George W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19. '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged at New York, June 17, '63, on surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Stein, David G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '6r, 
3 yrs. ; accidentally wounded with bayonet at Alexandria, Va. ; dis- 
charged April 25, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Seufert, William; private; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at Wash- 
ington, D. C, May 25, '62 ; returned to duty ; wounded in left leg at the 
battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred per special Field Or- 
der No. 156, Headquarters Army of the Cumberland, June 8, '64, to the 
Sth O. V. L ; discharged at expiration of term of service. 

Sperry, Edward A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded at 
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63, and missing; returned to 
duty; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. L, June 8, '64; mustered 
out June 5, '65, by order of the War Department. 

Sherwood, James; private; E. S. Aug. 6, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. L, June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, on 
order of War Department. 

Sadler, Samuel; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs.; sick at Aquia 
Creek, Va. ; returned to duty ; transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., 
June 8, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order War Department; 
died May i, '05. 

Southwell, Wiluam ; private ; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs. ; detached 
on duty at Aquia Creek Landing; returned to company for duty; 
transferred to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. L, June 8, '64; appointed sergeant 
Nov. 22, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department; 
died 

Stratton, Isaac ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. A 537 

yrs. ; transferred to Co. F, 7th O. V. I., June 20, '6r, by order Col. 
Tyler. See Co. F for record. 

Sholtz. Henry; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Simons, Henry; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Smith, Charles H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out June 19, "61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I., July 21, '61 ; ap- 
pointed to sergeant; promoted to ist sergt. ; promoted to 2d licut. 
Nov. 2, '62, and assigned to Co. B; promoted to ist lieut. May 7, '63, 
and assigned to Co. A. ; promoted to captain Nov. 3, '64, and assigned 
to Co. K; promoted to major May i, '65; mustered out with regiment 
July II, '65. 

Stafford. Albf.rt J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out August 22, '61. 

Stevenson, Thomas; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. h, 124th O. V. I., Aug. 12, '62; mus- 
tered out with company June 9, '65 ; died 

Sumner, Chari.es; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61 ; died 

Thurston, William H.; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; mus- 
tered out with the company July 6, '64. 

TowxE, Ephr.'Mm M. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; sick at 
Fort McHenry, Baltimore ; returned to duty ; wounded in hand at 
battle cf Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; killed at the battle of Chan- 
cellorsville. Va., May 3, '63. 

Thompson, William N.; private; E. S. May 24, '61. 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., during raid of Jack.son ; ex- 
changed and returned to duty; discharged March 31, '63, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability; died July 21, '05. 

Taylor. William H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Tyson, Henry; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Vaughn, George E. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; detached 
as teamster; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Van Valkenburg, James S. ; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos.; 
mustered* out Aug. 22. '61. 

Virgil, Henry J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Whyte, James; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 
yrs. ; sick in hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, and detailed as steward wliile 
there; mustered out July 6, '64, by Circular No. 36, War Department, 
May 2, '64. 

WiLSDEN, Richard L. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled and exchanged Nov. 
II, '63, and returned to company for duty; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64. 

Wacker. Leonard; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 19, *6i, 
3 yrs.; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., .\ug. q. '62, 
and left on field, supposed to have been taken prisoner or died on the 
field. 



538 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

Webb, Franklin G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. No record found. 

White, Ford W. ; private; E. S. May 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. 
6, "61, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Watkins, Lewis J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 11, 
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out Aug. 22, ui ; reenlisted Sept. 11, '61 ; detailed 
with division provost guard; transferred per special Field Order No. 
156, Headquarters Department of the Cumberland, June 8, '64; dis- 
charged at expiration of term of service. 

Wright, Edwin L. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., 
June 16, '64; appointed corporal Nov. i, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, 
by order of War Department. 

Williams, William H. B. ; private; E. S. Oct. 20, '61, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred per Special Field Order No. 156, Headquarters Department of the 
Cumberland, June 8, "64; discharged at expiration of term of service; 
died 

WhalEy, Myron H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; 
paroled and exchanged ; transferred to 2d Regt. Ohio Cavalry, Jan. 23, 
'63, by order of War Department. 

Webb, Edward A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. L ; appointed ser- 
geant; promoted to 2nd lieut. Co. E, June 27, '64; promoted to ist 
lieut. Sept. 26, '64; promoted to captain Co. B, Jan. 28, '65; mustered 
out with company July 11, '65. 

Wilder, Dewilton J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out August 22, '61. 

ROSTER OF COMPANY B, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. L 

De VilliErs, Charles A.; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; re- 
signed May IS, '61, to accept appointment as colonel of the nth Regt. 
O. V. I ; died . 

Sterling, James T. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 18, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ist lieut. April 23, '61 ; promoted to captain 
May 15, '61 ; mustered out June 13, '61, to accept appointment as cap- 
tain Co. B, 3 years' service; mustered out Sept. i, '62, to accept pro- 
motion to lieut.-col. 103d Regt. O. V. L ; died . 

Reed, Seymour S. ; captain; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. Co. G; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. G, Dec. 
12, '61; promoted to ist lieut. Co. I, May 20, '62; promoted to captain 
Co. B, Nov. 2, '62; wounded in side and leg at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Aug. 9, '62; resigned Jan. 26, '63, by reason of disability; died 

Clark, Mervin; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 22, '61; appointed ist sergt. June 20, 
'61; promoted to' 2d lieut. Feb. 20, '62; promoted to ist lieut. July 23, 
'62; promoted to captain Sept. i, '62; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64; reentered service Nov. 12, '64, as lieut.-col. of 183d Regt. 
O. V. L, and killed at battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, '64. 

Sweeney, Thomas T. ; ist Heut. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; ap- 



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pointed 2d lieut. April 22, '61; promoted to ist licut. May 15, '61; 
mustered out Aug. 22. '61 ; died . 

Moi.YNKAiTx, JosKiMi B. ; 1st licut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
18, "61. 3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff. 

Eaton. Henry Z. ; ist licut.; E. S. April 22, '6r, 3 mos., June iS, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; sec Co. H. 

BoHM, Edward H.; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; for record see Co. K. 

Crynne, Joseph; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; for record see Co. I. 

De Forest, Louis G. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to ist lieut. and adjt. ; see Field and Staff. 

Bal'der, Levi F. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos.. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June. 14, '61 ; promoted to sergeant June 20, 
'61; promoted to ist sergt. Sept. 30, "63; detailed as regt. ord. sergt. 
Aug. 5, '62; brig. ord. sergt. Aug. 12, '62; div. ord. sergt. Oct. 15, '62; 
rescued flag of 5th Conn, at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug 9, '62, 
and turned it over to Gen. Crawford ; took ammunition train through 
Longstreet's Corps in broad daylight after second Manassas battle ; 
mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Schmidt, Gustav; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 20, '63; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6. '64; died Jan. 22, '03. 

Cutler, Marcus M. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 20, '61; promoted to sergeant 
Sept. I, '62; wounded in leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 2"], '63; 
mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Trotier, Joseph; sergeant; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal May 10, '62; promoted to sergeant Nov. i, '62; wouniled at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64. 

Walker. Marshall; sergeant; E. S. June 13, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Sept. i, '62; promoted to sergeant June i, '(ii; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Gaskill, Franklin R. ; sergeant; E. S. June i, '61; appointed cor- 
poral Sept. I, 62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i. '64; wounded at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. '62; wounded in hand at Dallas, Ga., 
May 25, '64; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Ba.xter, Morris; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff. 

Fitch, Asa H.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, T>i, 
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., 
March 23, "62; discharged Dec. 19, "62. on surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability ; died . 

Whitehead, Georoe W. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered service as 2d lieut. Co. D. 150th O. 
V. L, May 2, '64 ; mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64 ; died . 

Thomas. Frank M.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.: nnis- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Hardestv, Jesse; corporal; E. S. June 4, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Sept. i, '62; taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain. 
Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; exchanged and returned to company ; wounded at 



540 skve;nth rkgimdnt ohio voi.unte;e;r infantry 

battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63 ; mustered out with company July 
6, '64. 

Lamphear, Saurin K. ; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; ap- 
pointed corporal Jan. i, '64; wounded in side at battle of Antietam, 
Md., Sept. 17, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Marks, Jacob; corporal; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral Sept. I, '62; wounded in right arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, 
Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded in left ankle at Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; 
mustered out at Columbus, O., Jan. 23, '65. 

Gordon, Samuel E. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed as corporal Jan. i, '64; wounded in right lung at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64; reenlisted Aug. 19, '64 as corporal Co. A, 177th O. 
V. I.; mustered out with company June 24, '65; died July 11, '06. 

Brown, Thomas C. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal May 10, '62 ; killed at battle of Cedar 
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Wilson, Clark L. ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; appointed corporal ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 
9, '62 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Culpeper, Va. 

Eddy, Nehemiah G. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; discharged at Columbus, O., July 11, 
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

EzEKiEL, David I.; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal; discharged to accept promotion April 18, '62, by order of 
Gen. Banks. 

Smith, William E. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of 
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; wounded at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Dec. 9, '62, on surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Halliday, Frank H.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 20, '61; transferred to Co. A, 6th 
Regt. O. V. I. ; died from wounds received at battle of Missionary 
Ridge, Nov. 25, '63. 

FooTE, Louis A.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; transferred to Co. A, 6th 
Regt. O. V. I. ; discharged June 13, '63, on surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability. 

Thomas, Ebenezer B. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered the service as ist lieut. Co. C, isoth 
Regt. O. V. I., May 2, '64; mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64. 

McChesney, Wm. R. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out May i, '61, to accept promotion as 2d lieut. in Co. H, 2d Ky. In- 
fantry. 

Gibson, Edward; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reentered service as 2d lieut. Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ; 
promoted to ist lieut. Co. D, March 31, '62; resigned March 14, '64. 

Walworth, William ; corporal ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Cain, Jack; musician; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Stebbins, Edward E. ; musician; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; sent to 



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hospital from Fredericksburg, Va. ; mustered out with company July 
6, '64. 

Abrams, John B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '6i, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Adams, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Aley, Lvcius; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Armstrong, Jacob C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Atloff, Andrew; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; ex- 
changed and returned to company June 5, '63; mustered out with 
company July 6, '64 ; died . 

ATWfXL, William B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ; killed at 
battle of Ruflf's Mills, Ga., July 4, "64. 

Austin, Alonzo; private; E. S. June 2. '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
July 31, '62, at Columbus, O.. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Bennett. Abraham S. ; private; E. S. Sept. 5, '62, 3 yrs.; sent to 
hospital Oct. 5, "62, he being unable to perform duty on account of 
rupture ; discharged Dec. 8, '62. 

Bentley, Charles H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Bernard, Edmund; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; no record 
found. 

Bishop, Orrin A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Bliss. Harmon H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Boyle. Daniel T. ; private; E. S. June 6, "61, 3 ys ; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchamicd June 6. '62; re- 
turned to company for duty April 12, '63; wounded in hand at battle 
of Chancellorsville. Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 
30, '63, by order of War Department. 

Brooks, James A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Carmody, Martin; private; E. S. June i. '61. 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
in hospital at Strasburg, Va., May 24, '62; exchanged Sept. 13. '62; 
mustered out with companv July 6, '64. 

Carroll, James; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 .vs.; killed at battle 
of Winchester. Va., March 23, '62; body removed to National Ceme- 
tery at Winchester, Va. 

Cannell, William; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs; wounded in 
left elbow at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., .Aug. 9, '62; discharged 
October 18, '62. bv order of War Department ; died . 

Carson, Jacob W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 22, '62. 3 yrs. ; wounded ui 
left breast at battle of Gettysburg, Pa.. July 3, '63: returned for duty 
Dec. 2, '63; transferred to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., June 8. '64: wounded 
at battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 10, '64; mustered out July 26, 
'65, bv order of War Department; died Dec. 25. 'OQ. 

Carter, Sylvester ; private ; E. S. Aug. 5. '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded m 
head at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; transferred to Co. B, 



542 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INFANTRY 

5th Regt. O. V. I., June 8, '64; mustered out at McDougal General 
Hospital, New York, May 30, '65. 

Case, Edward; private; E. S. Sept. 23, '63, 3 yrs. ; sent to hospital 
Jan. II, '64, from Bridgeport, Ala.; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., 
June 8, '64; mustered out July 26, '65, by order of War Department. 

Chapman, CnARUiS L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; 
exchanged and detailed at department at Washington, D. C. ; dis- 
charged Jan., '62, by order of War Department. 

Chase, Charles; privjite; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Battery I, ist Ohio Art., Dec. 5, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Sept. 25, 
'62; promoted to ist lieut. ]\Iarch 30, '64; wounded at battle of Get- 
tysburg, Pa., July 3, '63 ; mustered out July 24, '6s. 

CivAGuE, Wm. H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Clermont, Francis, Jr.; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Clifford, Francis ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; detached as 
brigade forage master ; detailed as orderly to brigade quartermaster ; 
mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

CoNANT, Edward; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Corlett, George W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

CowAN, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; sick and sent to hospital Sept. 24, '62 ; discharged March 4, '63, 
on surgeon's certificate of disabihty ; reenlisted Sept. 25, '63 ; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., June 8, '64; wounded at Peach Tree 
Creek, Ga., July 20, '64; mustered out July 26, '65 ; died . 

Cox, George W. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Cox, Junior R. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 rnos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

CoYLE, John; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Jan. 9, '63, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disability. 

CrEGlow, Joshua; private; E. S. June i, '61; killed at battle of 
Winchester, Va., March 23, '62. 

CuLLEN, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Cunningham, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, "61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Columbus, O., Sept. 16, '62, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Davis, John; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged Feb. 
2, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Deming, Frederick R. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

DiEBOLT, Henry W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out June 20, '61 ; reenlisted as sergeant Co. G, 27th O. V. I., July 27, 
'61; promoted to ist sergt. ; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. F, Feb. 6, '62; 
promoted to ist lieut. Co. A, Jan. i, 63; died May 28, '64, of wounds 
received at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 27, '64. 

Dixon, James; private; E. S. June 12, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded and 



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taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; ex- 
changed Sept. 13, "62 ; wounded in arm at battle of Chancellorsvillc, 
Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Drum, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug 22, '61. 

Ellioit, Eugene W. ; private; E S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged 
at Columbus, O., July 16, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

HcKEKT, Arthur; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
(Hit Aug. 22, '61. 

Edw.\ri)S. William E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Ensign, Valentine; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Fagan, Charles; private; E S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; returned to company in July, 
'62, but being unable to perform duty was sent to hospital Aug. 6, 
'62 ; discharged Jan. i, '63. 

Felton, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61; recnlisted Aug. 21, '62, in 9th Independent Battery; 
discharged June 16, '65. 

Fowler, William D. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Gasser, Joseph; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in left arm and side at battle of Winchester, Va., 
March 23, '62; detailed for duty at hospital at Washington, D. C. ; 
returned to company June 3, '63; mustered out with company July 
6, '64. 

GarvEy, John; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. B, 8th Regt. O. V. I.; appointed sergeant; promoted to ist lieut. 
in 7th Virginia Inf.; killed at battle of Antictam. Md., Sept. 17, '62; 
bodv removed to National Cemetery at Soldiers' Home, D. C. 

Geitz, Leonard; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Winchester, Va., May 23, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; 
died . 

George, Edward; private; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

GiLSON, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 "los. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Goodrich, Grant; private; E S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.". mustered out 
June 20, '61. by reason of reenlistment in 3 years' service; died in hos- 
pital at Alexandria. Va., July 29, '62. 

Gordon, John F. ; private; E. S. Sept. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27. '62; exchanged and returned 
to company ; wounded in right thigh at battle of Gettysburg. Pa., July 
3, '63; transferred to Co. B, 5tb Regt. O. V. I.. June 8, '64; mustered 
out July 26, '65. 

Grimes, Ira; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in head at 
battle of Resaca, Ga., May 15, '64; mustered out with company July 
6, '64. 

GuELLOw, Milton; private; E. S. June 8, '61. 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
in hospital at Strasburg, Va., May 24, '62; exchanged and returned to 
companv Aug. 6. '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died 



544 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Harbaugh, John; private; E. S. June 8, '6i, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
left ankle at battle of Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. B, 
Sth Regt. O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed corporal; mustered out 
July 26, '65, as veteran. 

Haylor, John ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Nov. 
17, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

HashfiEld, Benjamin; private; E. S. June 4, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in right eye at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged 
Nov. 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

HealEy, John S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Henson, Leonard ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged 
Feb. 2, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; died . 

Hill, William ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Hill, Puney E. ; private; E. S. June 9, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, '62 ; wounded in foot at battle of 
Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; returned for duty Oct. 17, '62; honor- 
ably discharged to enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry, by order of War De- 
partment Oct. 25, '62; died . 

HenricklE, Frank; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; returned to company 
Sept. 12, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Hime, Jacob E. ; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle 
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; wounded at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; returned to company June 21, '63 ; wounded in 
knee at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, 'tz; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64. 

Holcomb, Nathan K. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Holcomb, Paulus W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Battery A, ist Ohio Light Art., 
Sept. 25, '61 ; mustered out Sept. 24, '64. 

HoFEMAN, Jacob; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Holt, Corwin M.; private; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Holt, Josiah M. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged at Romney, Va., Jan. 9, '62, on surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Horner, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Hull, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Jones, Alonzo C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out June 20, '61, by reason of reenlistment in 3 years' 
service; no further record found. 

Jones, John D. ; private; E. S. June 4. '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Patterson's Creek, Va., Feb. i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; 
afterward enlisted in U. S. Navy as ship carpenter on gunboat Yanl'ic 
and discharged at close of war. 

Kendall, George; private; E. S. April 22, '6i, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 



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KVBLER. JosF.PH ; private; E. S. Ajjnl jj, oi. .^ nios., June jo, '6l, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in side at battle of Antictam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; re- 
turned to company Nov. 28, '62 ; wounded in hand at battle of Chan- 
cellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Lamb, Allen C. ; private; E. S. June 3, 01, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Winchester, Va., ^larch 23, "62; body removed to National Ceme- 
tery, Winchester, Va. 

L-^ETSCH, William P.; private; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
taken prisoner at hospital at Culpeper C. H., Va., Aug. 12, '62; dis- 
charged Jan. 29, "63; reenlisted in Co. C, I5cth O. V. I., May 2, '64; 
discharged with company Aug. 2^, "64. 

Lambkin, Alfred A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; dis- 
charged June 17, '61, to reenlist in Co. G, 25th O. V. L; appointed 
sergeant ; wounded at battle of Cross Keys, Va., June 8, '62 ; pro- 
moted to 2d lieut. Co. F, Jan. 23, '63 ; resigned Nov. 8, '63. 

Large, Henry; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, "61. 

Le.mekt, Joshua; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as regi- 
mental wagonmaster Aug. 12, '61 ; mustered out with company July 
6, '64. 

LiLES, Robert; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Co- 
lumbus, O., June 26, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Lord, Caius C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Marble, Edward L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; discharged at Patterson Creek, Va., Peb. i, '62, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability; died . 

Mathews, Roswell E. ; private; E. S. June 2, '61, 3 yrs.; sent to 
hospital Sept. 9, '62; discharged at Washington, D. C, Nov. 28, '62, 
on surgeon's certificate of disability; reenlisted as ist scrgt. in Co. A, 
loth Michigan Cavalry, Sept. 18, .'63; discharged Nov. 25. '65. 

McClafun, Ed. M.; private; E. S. June 6, 01, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Battery L ist O. L. Art, Dec. i, '61 ; wounded at battle of Gettys- 
burg. July I, '63; mustered out July 6, '64. 

McCabe, James; private; E. S. June 6, "61, 3 yrs; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died Jan., '63. 

McNaine, John; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
June 20. '61, by reason of reenlistment in 3 years' service ; no further 
record found. 

Meacham, Elbridge; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Jime 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17. '62; body re- 
moved' to National Cemetcrv at Sharpsburg, Md. 

Meekins. Edgar G. ; private; E. S. March 7, "62, 3 yrs.; killed at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. Q, '62. 

Miller. Henry; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

MuLGREW, Bernard; private; E. S. June 10, 61, 3 yr.s. ; sent from 
Dumfries. Va., to hospital at Washington. D. C. .April 15./63; returned 
to dutv June 3, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Nichols, Thomas B.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 

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546 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

out Aug. 22, '6i; reenlisted Nov. lo, '6i, in Co. E, ist Battalion i2th 
U. S. Inf. ; wounded in left hand and leg at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., 
July 3, '63; discharged April, '71- 

Nicholas, Martin ; private ; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged 
at Romney, Va., Jan. 9, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died 

Oswald, Charles ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Partridge, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Peebles, Rensselaer R. ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61 ; discharged 
at Charlestown, W. Va., Nov. 20, '61, on surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability. 

PoLLis, Henry W. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Poor, William H. ; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. F Jan. 22, '64, to reenHst as veteran and assigned to Co. G, Sth 

0. V. L; appointed sergeant Oct. 31, '64; promoted to ist sergt. July 

1, '65 ; mustered out with company July 25, '65 ; died Sept. 18, '04. 
Post, Judson H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 

Aug. 22, '61. 

QuAYLE, George L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted May 26, '62, in Co. D, 84th O. V. I. ; dis- 
charged Sept. 20, '62. 

Radclifee, Edward; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Randall, Harrison; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Nov. 25, '62, by order of War Department. 

Reid, Duncan; private; E. S. June 2, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right 
shoulder at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged July 
30, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Reynolds, Lewis H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Reese, James M. ; private; E. S. Sept. 11, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester, Va.. INIarch 22,, '62 ; detailed as clerk for Gen. 
Geary Oct. 12, '62; transferred per Special Field Order No. 156, De- 
partment of Cumberland, June 8, '64; discharged at expiration of 
term of service. 

Richards, Julius ; private ; E. S. June 6, 3 yrs. ; transferred to 
artillery Dec. 4, '61. 

Rice, Stephen W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62. 

Riddle, Thomas C. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; returned for duty March 
II, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Robinson, George C. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged June 6, 
'62 ; never returned to company. 

Robinson, Francis; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Russell, David; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 j^rs. ; mustered out 
with company July 6, "64. 



REGIMENTAIv ROSTER. CO. B 547 

Ru^sEi.i.. Johnson; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Shkrrick, Georgk O.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killci! at 
battle of Antietam, i\Id., Sept. 17, '62; body removed to National Cem- 
etery at Sharpsburg, i\Id. 

SiMMONDS, George H.; private; E. S. June 10, "61, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Battery I, ist Regt. O. L. Art., Dec. 5, '61: mustered out with 
battery July 24, '65, as veteran. 

Small, George; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ; appointed sergeant ; 
transferred to Vet. Res. Corps Jan. 10, '6^; died Feb. i, '05. 

S.MiTH, J.\MEs; private; E. S. June 8, "61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right 
leg at battle of Winchester, Va., ]\Iarch 23, '62; discharged at Philadel- 
phia. Pa., Oct. I, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability ; died 

Spencer. Fred; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out with 
company July 6, '64. 

Stark. Lewis; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61 ; died Nov. 12, '05. 

Steixuerger, George; private; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
shoulder at battle of Antietam, j\Id., Sept. 17, '62; returned for duty 
March 29, '63 ; detailed for duty with ambulance corps Sept. 2;^, '63 ; 
mustered out with company July 6. '64. 

St. John, Samuel; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital 
at Strasburg, Va., June 13, '62. 

St. Onge. Mitchell; private; E. S. June 11, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in arm at battle of Chancellorsville. Va., May 3, '63 ; leg smashed in 
railroad accident while regiment was on its way to Army of the Cum- 
berland, Oct., "63; discharged Jan. 23, '64. 

Stoppel, Arthur; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22. '61 ; commissioned as 2d lieut. Co. H, 37th O. V. I., Sept. 6, 
'61; promoted to ist lieut. Co. F, May 28, '62; resigned Oct. 19, '62; 
died 

Stoddard, Ira; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '6 1; 

Stone, John; private; E. S. June 12, 61, 3 yrs.; wounded in left 
thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Nov. 
25, '62, by order of War Department. 

Striker. Alfred D. ; private ; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Strauss, John; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; name appears in 
muster-in roll but not in muster-out roll. 

Townsend, Robert J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos., Sept. 11, 
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out of 3 months' service Aug. 22, '61; died in 
hospital at Strasburg, Va., June 13, '62. 

Walker, Thomas; private; E. S. May 29. '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris- 
oner at Winchester. Va.. May 24, '62; returned to duty; discharged at 
Dumfries, Va., Feb. 14, '63; reenlisted in Co. E. P. V. I., July 19, '64; 
discharged at expiration of term of service. 

Walteriiaus, James P.; private; E. S. June to. '61. 3 yrs. ; sent to 
hospital June 13, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died 

Watrous, Albert W. ; private; E. S. April 22. ':'>\. 3 mo<;. ; muston-d 
out Aug. 22, '61. 



54S SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Watrous, Frank E. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Williams, Cyrus; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug 22, '61. 

A'ViLLiAMS, Benjamin T. ; private; E. S. June 13. '61, 3 }- rs. ; taken 
prisoner at Culpeper, Va., Aug. 15, '62; exchanged and returned to 
company Dec. 23, '62 ; transferred to invalid corps Feb. 15, '64, by order 
of War Department. 

Williams, Daniel F. ; private; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken 
prisoner at Culpeper, Va., Aug. 15, '62; exchanged Nov., '62; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64; died 

Williams, George W. ; private; E. S. June S. '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged June 6, 
'62; returned to company for duty March 20, '63; mustered out with 
company July 6, '64. 

Withers, Albert E. ; private; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
left leg at battle of Winchester, Va., j\Iarch 23, '62 ; discharged Oct. 24, 
'62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

WinzEnrEid. Ralph (Rudolph); private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 
mos. ; mustered out June 28, '61 ; reenlisted in Co. F, 7th O. V. I. See 
Co. F. 

Wood, Amos E. ; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Wood, George W. ; private ; E. S. June 6, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
side at battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, '62 ; discharged at Washington, D. 
C, Oct. 24, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Wood, Star B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61. 3 
yrs.; wounded in left ankle at battle of Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Worth, Reginald H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, "61 ; reenlisted in Co. G, 27th O. V. I. ; appointed 
corporal; promoted to com. sergt. May i, '62; promoted to 2d lieut. 
Co. A, June 27, '64; promoted to ist lieut. Co. C, Sept. 26, '64; pro- 
moted to captain Co. F, Jan. 28, '65; resigned June 16, '65. 

Worlitzer, Antfony ; private ; E. S. June 10, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
in eye at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged May 24, 
'62, by order of War Department ; died 

Webb, Joseph P. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to 
sergt.-maj. Jan. i, '62. See Field and Stafif. 

WoRLEY, Albert A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; transferred to artillery Dec. 4, '61. 

Wyatt, James E. ; private; E. S. May 4, '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as pro- 
vost guard Sept. 12, '62 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Young, Edward E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Young, Henry L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Zierner, GusTAVXTs; private; E. S. June 8, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Dec. 5, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disabihty caused by blow of butt 
of whip on right elbow ; died 

ZwickEr, Ernest A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, "62; 
leg amputated ; discharged Oct. 25, '62, by order of War Department. 



REGIMEXTAL ROSTER, CO. C 549 

ROSTER OF COiMPANY C, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Shurtleff, Giles W. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; 
exchanged and returned to regiment Oct. 7, '62; detached on staff of 
Gen. Wilcox; resigned Alarch 18, '63; appointed lieut.-col. 5th U. S. 
Colored Troops, July 29, '64; promoted to colonel Sept. 29, '64; pro- 
moted to brevet brig.-gen. March 15. '65; resigned June 12, '65; 
wounded in hand and thigh at New Market Heights Sept. 29, '64; died 
Mav 6, 04. 

Davis. Llewellyn R. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Co. A, April 29, '61 ; promoted to ser- 
geant Nov. 20. '61 ; frequently detailed as scout and made many long 
trips alone, obtaining important information of the enemy's movements ; 
promoted to 2d lieut. April 13, '62, and assigned to Co. D ; detached as 
aide-de-camp on staff of General Geary, Aug. 9, '62; promoted 
to first lieutenant Nov. 2, '62; wounded in battle at Wauhatchie. 
Tenn., Oct. 29, '63; promoted to captain Feb. 19, '64, and assigned to 
Co. C ; taken prisoner at Dallas, Ga.. May 25. '64 ; discharged Dec. 19. 
'64, by order of War Department; appointed lieut.-col. 187th O. V. I. 
March 2, '65 ; mustered out with regiment Jan. 20, "66. 

Cross. Jldsox N.; ist. lieut.; E. S. April 29, '61. 3 mos., June 17, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., 
Aug. 26, "61 ; recaptured at battle of Carnifax Ferry. Va., Sept. 11, '61 ; 
promoted to captain Nov. 25, "61, and assigned to Co. K; resigned 
Feb. 0. '63, bv reason of disability; reentered the service June 13, '63, as 
1st Heut. '5th Invalid Corps; promoted to captain Oct. 28, '63; in com- 
mand of post at Madison, Ind., from Dec. '63, to April, '64; appointed 
provost marshal of Georgetown, D. C. ; afterward special mustermg 
officer for prisoners of war returning from rebel prisons; died Aug. 

3I' 01- 

Baker, Ephraim H., ist lieut. ; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos.,^ 2d 
lieut.; June 20. '61, 3 yrs., 2d lieut.; prornoted ist lieut. Nov. 25, '61; 
resigned Julv 25, '62, by reason of disability. 

Pain-e, Frank; ist lieut.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.. June 19. '61. 3 
yrs.; mustered out as sergeant Co. D, June 19, 61. on accoimt of re- 
enlistment in 3 vears' service; promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 25. '61, and 
assigned to Co. C; promoted to ist lieut. March i, %z; resigrned June 
6, '62; reenlisted in Co. 10, Ohio Ind. Sharpshooters, March 16, '64; 
appointed ist sergt. April i, '64; transferred to Co. H, 60th O. V. I.. 
Feb. 24. '65; promoted to ist lieut. to date from Dec. 30, '64. and 
assigned to Co. D ; mustered out with company July 28, '6^. 

Lincoln, Henry W.; ist lieut.; E. S. April 2^. '61, 3 mos., June 20. 
'61, 3 vrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Nov. 
20, '61"; promoted to ist sergeant March 24. '62; promoted to 2d lieut. 
Aug. 9, '62; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 6, '62; resigned Jan. 7. 03, 
bv reason of disabilitv. . 

'Kenaston, Herbert; i?t lieut; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos.; resigned 
April 29. '61. No record of muster in V. S. service. 

Ross, Josfph H.; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 24, '61. 3 mos.. June 19. 61, 
3 vrs. ; appointed ist sergt. Co. I, April 30. '61 : promoted to 2d lieut. 
March i, "62. and assigned to Co. C; killed at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, \'a.. Aug. 9. '62. 



550 Si:VENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Jones, Isaac C. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ser- 
geant Nov. 20, '61; promoted to 2d lieut. Dec. 8, '62; wounded in left 
groin and right cheek at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
wounded in thigh at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, "62; wounded 
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '62; died from wounds Nov. 30, 

'63. 

Cole, Stephen M. ; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out as 2d lieut. June 25, '61, on account of reenlist- 
ment in 3 years' service ; appointed corporal ; wounded and taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and re- 
turned to duty; wounded in shoulder by shell at battle of Chancellors- 
ville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Andrews, Martin M. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. 20, "61; promoted to ist sergt. 
Aug. 9, '62; wounded in left hand at battle of Cedar ^Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62; wounded at battle of Resaca, Ga., May 15, '64; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64; reentered service as ist lieut. and adju- 
tant i8sth O. V. I. Feb. 27, '65 ; promoted to captain Sept. 18, '65 ; 
served on stafif of Gen. J . F. Wade, Department of Kentucky ; mustered 
out with regiment Sept. 28, '65. 

Danforth, Arthur C. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; promoted to ist sergt. Nov. 20, '61; 
killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, "62. 

Brockway, Orlando P.; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. April 30, '61; transferred to Battery 
I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Dec. i, '61; taken prisoner at Luray, Va. ; 
paroled ; commissioned as captain Co. A, 5th Regt. U. S. C. T., July 
29, '63; killed at Petersburg, Va., July 19, '64. 

Fry, Holland B. ; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal March i, '62; promoted to sergeant Feb. 28, '63; severely 
wounded in left knee at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Avery, James B. ; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ser- 
geant Nov. I, '62; wounded in battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; 
mustered out with company July 6, "64. 

Bowler, Charles P.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant April i, '62; 
killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

HalbErt, Addison M. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; 
exchanged and returned to duty ; appointed corporal ; promoted to ser- 
geant May 21, '64; mustered out with company July 6, "64. 

Pakmenter, William W. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., 
June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted to sergeant; taken prisoner at battle of 
Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in prison at New Orleans, La., 
Nov. 18, '61. 

Gardner, John; sergeant ;'E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed ser- 
geant I^.Iay I, '63 ; wounded in leg at battle of Winchester, Va., March 
23, '62 ; wounded in leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; 
wounded in right groin at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; died 
from wounds Dec. 19, '63 ; body removed to National Cemetery at 
Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Trembly, Oliver C. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. C 55 1 

"61. 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Nov. i, '63; drowned in Ohio River 
June 24. '64, while on the way home for muster out. 

Cooi-ER. John S. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Nov. 21. "61; wounded at battle of Cedar 
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Oct. 26, '62 by order of War 
Department to enlist in U. S. Engineer Corps; appointed captain in 
8th U. S. C. T. Nov. 2. '63; promoted to lieut.-col. 107th O. V. I.. Nov. 
17, '64; wounded at battle of New Market; was in command of regi- 
ment until muster out at Cleveland, Ohio, July 25, '65. 

CoNDiT. Edgar M. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, 
'61. 3 vrs. ; appointed corporal Nov. i, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, 
"63; vvounded in left leg at battle of Dumfries. Va., Dec. 27. '62; dis- 
charged Feb. II, '63, by reason of disability arising from wounds; re- 
enlisted Oct. 7. '64, as "private in Battery G, 2d Illinois Light Artillery; 
final discharge Sept. 4, '65. 

Day. Seldon A.; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61. 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant March 24, '62 ; wounded 
at battle of Winchester. Va.. ^March 23. '62; wounded at battle of Port 
Republic. Va.. June o, '62; discharged Jan. 23, '63, by order of War 
Department, to enlist as hos. stwd. in U. S. Armv; promoted to 2d 
lieut. Battery C. 5th U. S. Artillery, and promoted through various 
grades to lieut.-col. and retired. 

MoREY, Elias W. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25. "61. 3 mos.. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant; wounded in head and taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes. Va., Aug. 26. '61 ; wound dressed by rebel sur- 
geon ; released on parole; discharged Nov. 10. '63 to accept anpoint- 
ment as ist lieut. in oth U. S. C. T. ; promoted to captain Co. D. and 
detached as provost marshal of 25th A. C. 

Harmon, Jonathan F. ; sergeant; E. S. April 2?. '61, 3 mos., June 
20. '61. 3 vrs.: promoted to sergeant in comoanv Nov. 20. '61; pro- 
moted Q. M. S. April i. '62. See Field and Staff. 

FAiRCHii.rs, Henry; sergeant; E. S. Oct. 0, '61, 3 y?. : appomted 
sergeant Nov. i, '63 ; wounded in breast at battle of Cedar Mountain, 
Va., Aug. 9. '62: wounded at battle of Gettysburg. Pa., July .1, 63, 
permanently disabling him for active duty, and served in hospital until 
discharged. May 20, '65. 

Stiles. Edmund R.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, 
'61, 3 vrs.; appointed sergeant; taken prisoner at battle of Cross 
Lanes Va.. Aug. 26, '61 ; released and discharged July 8, 62. 

Orton, Hobart G.; sergeant; E. S. April 2=^, '61. 3 mos, June 20, 
•61, 3 vrs.; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. 
Aug. 26, '61 ; recaptured at battle of Carnifax Ferry. Va.. Sept. li. 61; 
sent to hospital at Cincinnati. Ohio, and discharged Nov. 20. O2. for 
disability arising from wounds. 

Buxton. Charles H.; sergeant; E. S. April 25. '6t. 3 mos.. June 20 
•61. 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. 20. 'fit; promoted to sergeant 
Aug' 10. '62; woun<led in right arm and shoulder at battle of Ledar 
Mountain. Va.. Aug. o. '62; detailed on dutv in Adiutant Generals 
office at Washington. D. C. ; mustered out June 19, 64, by order of 
War Department. ., .^ 

Kinsley. William W. ; sergeant; E. S. April 2? 61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 



552 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INFANTRY 

Wallace, Thomas J. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '6i, 3 yrs. ; appointed 
corporal Nov. i, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

EvERS, John J.; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral Nov. 20, '61 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Gates, Lewis R. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal April i, '62; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62. 

Magary, George R. ; corporal; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal April i, '62; killed at battle of Port Re- 
public, Va., June 9, '62. 

GooDSELL, Edward W. ; corporal ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; wounded at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., Aug. 9, "62; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; 
body removed to National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md. 

Adams, Theron E. VV. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at Glenville, Va., July 21, '61; discharged at 
Washington, D. C, June 29, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; 
(first man in the regiment who shed blood by the hand of the enemy) ; 
reentered service as paymaster's clerk. 

Cochran, Harlon B. ; corporal; E. S. Oct. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Nov. 20, '61 ; taken prisoner near Winchester, Va. ; released 
on parole and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18, '62, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability: reenhsted in the service as ist sergt. in 7th 
Michigan Cavalry ; killed in skirmish at Falling Waters, Sid., July 

14. '63- 

GuiNN, James M. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. i, '62; discharged Jan. 10, '63, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Grabill, Elliott F. ; corporal; E. S. April 2=,, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. i, '62: discharged Nov. 10, '63. to 
accept promotion as ist lieut. Co. G, 5th U. S. C. T. ; appointed adju- 
tant Nov. 22, '63 ; promoted to captain Sept. 24, '64, and assigned to 
Co. H ; brevetted major March 13, '65 ; mustered out with regiment 
Sept. 20, '65. 

Kellogg, Jason S. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Jan. i, '63 ; detailed on recruiting ser- 
vice ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; wounded 
in ear and head at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; dis- 
charged Jan. 27, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Mack, Isaac F. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, 
Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged ; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 16. 
'62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Raymond, James W. ; corporal; E. S. Aug. 6, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal; detailed as Q. M. sergeant of regiment; wounded in left 
thigh at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; transferred to Recruit 
Camp June 11, '64; appointed ist lieut. and R. Q. M. 177th O. V. I., 
Sept. 29, '64; promoted to captain; mustered out with regiment June 
24, '65 ; died Feb. 21, '05. 

BosTwiCK, Edward M. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; transferred to regimental band 
July 10, '61 ; mustered out with band at Washington, D. C, July 5, '62 ; 
died 

Rossiter, Charles W. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. C 553 

20, '6i, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal; transferred to regimental band 
July 10, '01 ; mustered out with band at Washington, D. C., July 5, '62. 

Bartlett. Lester A.; corporal; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos. ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, "61 ; reenlistcd service as 2d lieut. Co. I, 22d N. Y. 
Inf., Feb. 22, '62; mustered out June 19, '63; served on staflF of Gen. 
Auger in ^Nlav, '62. 

Abbott, Byron; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, "61. 

.\rm STRONG, A. C. ; private; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Columbus, Ohio, March 19, '63, per General Order No. 36; (never 
joined companv in field.) 

Arnold, William W.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

At\v.\ter, Edwin B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded bv shell in left thigh at battle of Port Republic, 
Va., June 9, '62 ; dischaVged Oct. 24. "62, by order of War Department ; 
reenlisted in 3d U. S. Artillery; final discharge Way, "64. 

Austin, John; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Badger, Nathaniel L.; private; E. S. June 20, '61. 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with com- 
panv Julv 6. '64. 

B'aird.' William H.; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov. 25, '62; paroled and exchanged and 
soon after discharged for disabilitv. 

Baldwin, John; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. ^ , , 

Bartlett, James C. ; private; E. S. Aug. 18, 62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Barnes. William O. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 15, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
in left elbow at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to 
Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65. 

Bates, Joseph E.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, 61. 
3 yrs.; transferred to regimental band July 10. '61. by order_ of Col. 
Tvler ; mustered out with band at Washington, D. C, July 5, '62. 

"Bell, James R. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
hospital department Dec. i. '61. by order of Col. Tyler; promoted to 
asst. surg., stationed at Galliopolis. O. 

Biggs, William; private; E. S. June 20. '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; died in prison at New 
Orleans, La., Oct. 17, '61. . 

Boole, Foster; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20 01 3 
yrs. ; taken prisoner at the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26. 61 ; 
released on parole and discharged at Columbus, Ohio. Oct 2. 62, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability; appointed asst. surg. 185th O. v. I- 
Feb. 24, '65; mustered out Sept. 26, '65. 

BoswoRTH, Charles C. ; private: E. S. June 20. 61, 3 yrs.; dis- 
charged April 5. '64, by order of War Department to accept appoint- 
ment as hos. stwd. in U. S. Army. 

Bunker, Freeman; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B. 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31. '64: appointed corporal Nov. i, 64; 
mustered out June 5. '65, by order of War Department. 



554 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

Burns, John M. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., 
Aug. 26, '61 ; released on parole and returned to duty March 20, '6^ ; 
wounded at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63 ; wounded at battle 
near Dallas, Ga., May 25, "64; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Carrothers, George; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in left ankle at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged 
May 13, '63, for disability arising from wounds. 

Cheney, James W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged March 5, '62, by order of War Department, to 
accept promotion to ist lieut. in 49th Illinois Infantry; promoted to 
captain Feb. 13, '63; mustered out IMarch 22, '65; died Feb. 8, '05. 

Chipman, Buel ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; discharged Oct. 29, '62, by order of VVar Department, to reenlist 
in Co. A, U. S. Engineers ; discharged April 28, '64. 

Clark, Henry S. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged at Cumberland, Md., Sept. 4, '62, on surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability ; died 

Clark, Martin V.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; transferred to regimental band July 10, '61 ; mustered out with 
band at Washington, D. C, July 5, "62; reenlisted Aug. 15, '64, in 8th 
Ind. Battery Ohio Light Artillery ; appointed corporal ; promoted to 
sergeant; mustered out Oct. 17, '64. 

Claghorn, Henry O. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; 
exchanged and returned to di!ly March 25, '63 ; wounded in right leg 
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; discharged by reason of 
wounds March 11, '64; died March 27, '64. 

Cleverdon, Joseph S. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
in right arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, 63 ; transferred to Co. 
B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64: discharged March 15, '65, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability, by reason of wound. 

CoBURN, Wallace; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester, Va.. March 25, '62 ; died of wounds March 29, '62. 

Collins, Howard; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '6^. by order 
of War Department ; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, '64. 

Collins, Joseph W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, "61 ; died 
of wounds Aug. 27, '61. 

Crowell, Theodore B. ; private; E. S. April 2^, '61, 3 mos.: mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Curtis, Edward F. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; released on 
parole and discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 7, '62; reenlisted in 6th 
N. Y. Ind. Battery Sept. i, '64; discharged June 24, '65. 

Dann, Alfred T. ; private; E. S. Sept. 12, '61. 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 20, '65. by order 
of War Department. 

Da vies, James R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Denman. Amos H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 



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Dickson, Thomas P.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
in shoulder and thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. Aug. g, '62; 
discharged by reason of wounds Jan. 8, '63; entered service again June 
27. '6j. as lieut. Co. B, 55th Pa. Militia; discharged Aug. 26, '63. 

Emerson, Lavrel; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Finch, John W. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes. Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Columbus, 
Ohio. Oct. 4, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

FiNXERAN, John; private; E. S. Sept. 4, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; discharged by reason of wounds 
Jan., '64. 

Fish, Joseph L. ; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Ringgold, Ga.. Nov. 27, '63; body removed to National Cemetery at 
Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Forbes, Franklin M. ; private; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65. by 
order of War Department. 

Grigsby, Philip; private; E. S. Sept. 11. '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
right leg at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; foot amputated; dis- 
charged Aug. 17, '63; died April 5, '90. 

Gaffeth. Nicholas; private; E. S. Sept. 16, '61. 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 18, "63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Gillaxders. John; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '6r, 
3 yrs. ; detached as hos. stwd. ; discharged at Washington, D. C, Jan. 
-3. '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Gleason. Silas; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, May 
30. '6;.' 

Grant. William; private; E. S. .\ug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; detailed as 
drummer in regimental band Oct. 11. '63; transferred to Co. B. 5th O. 
V. I., Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps Jan. i, '65. 

Griffin, Charles P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Hamilton. Cyris P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 nios.. June 20, 
'61. 3 vrs. : wounded by musket ball in left thigh and taken prisoner 
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; died in prison at Richmond. 
Va. 

Hamilton, Mathias N. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Cumberland, Md.. Aug. 23, '62, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disability. 

Hayes. Ezekiel F.; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20. 61, 
3 yrs.; mustered out June 20, '61, on account of rcenlistment in 3 years' 
service ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Hicks. Owen; private; E. S. Aug. 26. '61. 3 vrs.; detailed as 
drummer in regimental band Aug. 10, "63; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. 
V. I.. Oct. 31, '64; appointed ist sergt. June 6, '65; mustered out with 
companv July 26. '65. 

HixoN. Henry G.; private; E. S. June 20. '61. 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Romnev. Va., Dec. 24, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Howard. Henry.- private; E. S. April 2^, '61, 3 nios.. June 20. '61, 
S vrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes. Va., Aug. 26. '61 : dis- 
charged at Columbus. Ohio, .\pril 0. '63; appointed captain and .\ Q. 



556 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

M., serving in U. S. Military Railroads Department at Nashville, Tenn. 

HuBBELL, Albert; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Columbus, 
Ohio, July 17, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

HuCKiNS, Noah; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Hunter, William i\I. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. See 
Co. H. 

Jeakins, Burford; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., 
Aug. 26, '61 ; died from wounds Sept. 20, '61. 

Jones, Lewis J.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 
26, '61 ; discharged on account of wounds March 10, '63, by order of 
Gen. Schenck. 

JuDSON, Daniel S. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded by musket ball in right thigh and taken prisoner at 
battle of Port Repubhc, Va., June 9, '62; died from wounds, in prison 
at Richmond, Va., June 14, '62. 

Kelley, Reuben B.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Kellogg, Stephen; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis- 
charged at Columbus, O., on account of wounds, Sept. 5, '62. 

Kelsey, Edward E. ; private; E. S. Feb. 27, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged 
March 19, '64, by order of War Department to enHst as hos. stwd. in 
U. S. Army. 

King, Charles F. ; private; E. S. Aug. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at 
battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; body removed to National Ceme- 
tery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Kingsbury. Daniel D. ; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '61 ; discharged Oct. 30, '62, 
by order of War Department to enlist in U. S. Engineer Corps; dis- 
charged Sept. 28, '64. 

Kingsbury, Romain J.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at 
battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62. 

Kingsbury, Seldon B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Croes Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; 
discharged at Columbus, O., Aug. 2, '62, on surgeon's certificate of 
disability. 

Kirk, Thomas; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Lewis, Harrison; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; died of typhoid 
fever at Fairfax Seminary Hospital at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 5, '62. 

Lockwood, Frederick A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Lowrey, John; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31. '64 ; appointed sergeant June 20, '65; 
mustered out with company July 26, '65. 

McCarran, Joseph; private; E. S. Aug. 25. '62, 3 yrs.; mortally 
wounded by shell at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; died from 
wounds July 22, '63. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. C 557 

McNaught, Joseph G.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mo>. ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

M.\so.v, C. E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 1 8, '61. 

I\Ias£a, James A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
5 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; ex- 
changed and detailed as clerk at military headquarters at Columbus, 
O. ; discharged June 20, '64. 

Massey, Joseph J.; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Winchester. Va.. ^lay, "62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Moe. Frederick; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. iS, '61. 

MvERi^, Elam B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26, '61; dis- 
charged Oct. 4, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

MvEus, James T. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; detailed as 
fifer in regimental field band April i, '63; transferred to Co. B, 5th 
O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Louisville, Ky., June 20, '65. 

Myers. Levi; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; died of smallpox 
at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 20, '63. 

Newton, Emory C; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, "Va., Aug. 26, '61; 
exchanged ; discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Noble, Irving A.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; exchanged; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64; reentered service as ist lieut. Co. 
A, i82d O. V. I., July 28, '64; promoted to captain Feb. 23, '65, and 
assigned to Co. C; mustered out wath company July 7. '65. 

OsBORN, Albert; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 21, '61; re- 
leased on parole and discharged at Columbus. O., March 7. '63, per 
General Order No. 3.6; reenlisted in Co. A, 14th O. V. L, Jan. 25. '64; 
appointed corporal Sept. 17, '64; mustered out with company July 11, 
'6= ; veteran. 

Calmer. Frederick M.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20. 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 62; died 
of wounds April 7, '62. 

Parker, Alexander; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at the battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; released on parole; 
discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability July 7, '63. 

Parsons, Hiram; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20, 61, 
3 vrs. ; mustered out with company July 6. '64. 

Pease. George W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 

out Aug. 18. '61. ., .^ .J 

Peaslkv, Jacob A.; private; E. S. .\pril 25, 61. 3 mos.; mustered 

out April 18. '61. .^ . 

Peasley. Joseph J.; private; E. S. April 25, 61, 3 mos.; mustered 

out Aug. 18, '61. ,^ , , 

Pelton. William H.; private; E. S. Oct. 24, 61, 3 >ts. : wounded 

in right ankle at battle of Port Republic. Va.. June 9. 02 : wounded at 

battle of Ringgold. Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; left arm amputated ; discharged 

for wounds Jan. 21. '64. „ ,^ . . • 

Phillips, John B.; private; E. S. Sept. 8, 62, 3 yrs.; wounded in 



558 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

right ankle at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '6^,; transferred per 
Special Field Order No. 156, Department of the Cumberland, June 8, 
'64; discharged Aug., '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Potter, Reuben R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged Oct. 24, '62, by order of War Department, to enlist 
in U. S. Engineer Corps; transferred to 3d U. S. Art. and promoted 
to hos. stwd. 

Proctor, William ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Veteran Reserve 
Corps Dec. i, '64; died . 

Rand, True; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle 
near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred per Special Field Order No. 
156, Department of the Cumberland, June 8, '64; mortally wounded 
near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, '64, and died in hospital at Jef- 
ferson, Ind., Aug. 21, '64. 

RapplEye, James jNI. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Reeves, Jeremiah J.; private; E. S. March 8. "62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged on expiration of 
term of service. 

Richmond, Orlando; private; E. S. Oct. 24, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Columbus, O., Feb. 24, "63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Richmond, Warren F. ; private; E. S. Oct. 24, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 62. 

RoBEiNS, Anson H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Columbus, O., July 11, '62, on surgeon's certi- 
ficate of disability; reenlisted as sergeant Co. K, isoth O. V. I., May 2, 
'64; mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64; commissioned as ist 
lieut. Co. D, 8th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery; discharged jNIarch 
10, '66. 

Rogers, George; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs.; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. g, '62; 
discharged Oct. 30, '62, by order of War Department to enlist in U. S. 
Engineer Corps; discharged April 28, '64. 

Root, Edv/ard C. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; dis- 
charged at Columbus, O., Aug. 2. '62, on surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability. 

Sackett, Edward G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; died 
March 24, '62. 

Scott, William H. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61, released on parole; 
discharged Nov. 20, '62. 

Sevey. Benjamin L. ; private; E. S. Aug. 23, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Feb. 3, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Sheldon, Henry G. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. 
Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged by reason of wounds, at Columbus, O., July 3, 
'62; commissioned as captain Co. G, loist O. V. L, July 24, '62; re- 
signed Jan. 28, '63. 

Sheldon, ^Mitchell H. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
in right arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; transferred to Co. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER. CO. C 559 

B, 5tli O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant Nov. i, '64; mus- 
tered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department ; died . 

Sheppard, Edward P.; private; E. S. Oct. i, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Short. George \V. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 nios. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, "Oi. 

Smith. Edwin R. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20, *6i, 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; ex- 
changed; discharged July 7. '63, by order of War Department to ac- 
cept promotion to 2d lieut. Co. H, 5th U. S. C. T. ; promoted to ist 
lieut. Dec. 7, "63 ; killed at the battle of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 22, '64. 

Smith, George A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Spees, George L. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; discharged at Gauley Bridge, Va., Nov. 18, '61, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Spriggs. Thomas ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 
with company July 6, "64, after having passed safely through every bat- 
tle in which the regiment was engaged. 

Sterrv, Clintox N. ; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. 18. '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; 
appointed captain ist Minnesota Heavy Artillery. 

Stone, Marvin C. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
side at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63 ; transferred 
to Co. B. 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Veteran Reserve 
Corps, Dec. i, '64; died May 17, '99. 

Stowe. Joseph AL; private; E. S. Aug, 30, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Columbus, O., May 
15, '65- 

Sweet. Thomas ; private ; E. S. Aug. 29, '62, 3 yrs. ; mortally 
wounded at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; died Nov. 30, '63; 
body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga. Tenn. 

Thompson, David J. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes. Va., Aug. 26. '61; 
released on parole and exchanged; detached as clerk at headquarters 
of Gen. Rosseau at Nashville, Tenn. ; discharged at Columbus, O.. June 
25. '64; appointed ist lieut. and regt. Q. M. 191st O. V. 1., March 6, 
'65 ; mustered out with regiment Aug. 27, '65 ; died. '04. 

Thrasher. George H.; private; E. S. April 25. '61. 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged June 19, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

TiBBETs, Charles E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18. '61. 

Towers, Richard; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Tlttle, Lucius V.; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos.. June 20. '61. 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26, '61 ; dis- 
charged at Columbus, O.. July 31, '62. on surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

Van Orman. R. C. ; private; E. S. .-\ug. 30. '62, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Feb. 15, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Wadsworth. Orrv H.; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18. '61. 

Wall, Charles E. ; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '(^2, 3 yrv ; killed at 



560 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 2"], 'd^ \ body removed to National Ceme- 
tery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Walworth, Warren F. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; v^^ounded 
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged for wounds at 
Columbus, O., July 11, '62. 

Ward, David A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in 198th P. 
V. I. 

Warner, Frederick A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis- 
charged for wounds July 2, '62 ; died Jan. 20, '05. 

Warren, Leroy; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; 
released on parole and discharged July 22, '62, on surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

WethErby, Albert C; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Wheeler, William W. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at De- 
troit, Mich., June 2.}^, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died 
Feb. 3, '98. 

Wilder, Leonard G. ; private ; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Invalid Corps Feb. 15, '64, by order of War Department. 

Wilder, Theodore; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in abdomen at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 
'62 ; discharged for wounds at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 20, '62, 

Wilford, John; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle 
near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. B, Sth O. V. L, by 
Special Field Order No. 156, Department of the Cumberland, June 
8, '64. 

WiLSEY, Joseph H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Winsor, Richard; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis- 
charged for wounds Nov. 25, '62 ; died . 

Wise, Oliver; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; wounded in ear and thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62; taken prisoner at Bristow Station, Va., Aug. 31, '()2\ pa- 
roled, exchanged and returned to duty ; wounded in right hand at 
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64. 

Wood, Daniel P.; private; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; body removed to National Cemetery at 
Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Wood, William H. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June^ 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to Battery L ist Ohio Light Art., Dec. i, '61 ; 
lost an arm in battle and discharged for wounds. 

WooDMANSEE, William; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Worcester, Orlando H. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; 
wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 22>, '62; died from 
wounds April 15, "62. 



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Wright. George F. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY D. SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Dyer, John N. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61, 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, "61 ; body re- 
moved to National Cemetery at Grafton, W. Va. 

Wood, George L. ; captain; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 3, '61, 
3 yrs.; mustered out as ist lieut. Co. H, to accept reappointment in 
3 years' service ; promoted to captain Co. D, Nov. 25, '61 ; wounded 
in right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; resigned on 
account of wounds, Nov. 10, '62; reentered service as major 125th O. 
V. I., Nov. 27, '62 ; resigned April 20, '63 ; died . 

Wilcox, Arthur T. ; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 
'61, 3 yrs.; for record see Co. E. 

Weed, Charles A.; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 
'61. 3 yrs.; for record sec Co. E. 

Shepherd, William D. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
19. 61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Field and Staff. 

LocKwooD, George D. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 19, '61; promoted to ist sergt. 
Nov., '61; promoted to 2d lieut. .\ug. 9, '62; promoted to ist lieut. 
Nov. 2, '62; served as acting adjutant during last six months of his 
service, including Atlanta campaign up to June 11, '64; wounded in 
chin at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64; died Sept. 3, '74. 

Gill, Benjamin F. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos- ; for 
record see Co. E. 

Williams, Andrew J.; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
17. '61, 3 yrs.; resigned Sept. 6, '61, by reason of disability; died 
Aug. 5, '01. 

Witter. Ezra H.; 2d lieut.; E. S. Oct. i, '61. 3 yrs.; resigned .\pril 
13. '62; died . 

Davis, Llewellyn R. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; for record see Co. C. 

Bohm, Edward H.; 2d Heut. ; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos.. June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; for record see Co. K. 

Wilson, Lawrence; ist sergt.; E. S. June 7. '61. 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal April i, '62; promoted to sergeant. Feb. 6, '63; promoted to 
1st sergt. Oct. i, '63; wounded in right breast at battle of Port Re- 
public, Va., June 9, "'62 ; wounded in left arm. breast and right foot at 
battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, "62; wounded in right hand at 
battle of Ringgold, Ga.. Nov. 27, "63; mustered out with company at 
Cleveland, O., Julv 6. '64. 

Whiting. Henry J.; ist sergt.; E. S. June 7. '61. 3 yrs.; appomted 
sergeant June 19. '61; promoted to ist sergt. Nov. i, '62; killed at 
battle of Chancellorsville. Va., May 2. '63. 

Tisdel, Willard p.; ist sergt.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61. 3 yrs. ; pvt. to June 19, '61 ; corpl. to Oct. 31. "61 ; sgt. to March 31, 

36 



562 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

'62; private to Oct. 31, '62; sergeant to May 2, '63; ist sergt. to May 
31, '63; sergt.-maj. to January i, '64, and private to April 24, '64, when 
honorably discharged on account of expiration of term of service; re- 
enlisted and served one year in Hancock's Veteran Corps, mostly on 
detail at War Department; was wounded in the head in battle of Get- 
tysburg on July 3, '63. 

Hart, Edwin; sergeant; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. I appomted cor- 
poral Nov., '62 ; promoted to sergeant April i, '63 ; mustered out with 
company July 6, '64. 

Dengler, Carl A.; sergeant; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal April i, '62; promoted to sergeant Sept. i, '63; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64. 

Lapham, James M. ; sergeant; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 7rs. ; appointed 
corporal June 19, '61; promoted to sergeant April i, '62; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; exchanged and re- 
turned to duty Nov. 7, '62 ; taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, 
Va., May 3, '63; returned to duty; mustered out with company July 
6, '64. 

Cain, William; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. i, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, 
'64; mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in Co. D, 4th 
U. S. Vet. Vols., Feb. 28, '65; discharged Feb. 28, '66. 

Force, Emory W. ; sergeant; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
sergeant; discharged at New Market, Va., May 10, '62, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability; died June 21, "04. 

Smalley, Virgil E. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal April 29, '61 ; promoted to sergeant 
April I, '62; severely wounded in thigh at battle of Port Republic, Va., 
June 9, '62; discharged at Columbus, O., Feb. 5, '63. on surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

Paine, Franklin, Jr.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
I9> '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed to sergeant April 29, '61 ; promoted to 2d 
Heut. Nov. 25, '61, and assigned to Co. C; for record see Co. C. 

Hubbard, Newton K. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June ^19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to corporal June 19, '61, to sergeant May 3, '63, 
and to sergt.-maj. Jan. i, '64, and transferred to Field and Stafif; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and 
returned to duty March 20, '63. 

Huntington, Edward; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Knight, Louis; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral Nov. I, '62; mustered out with company July 6, "64. 

Nash, Edwin V.; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral Nov. I, '62; taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville. Va., 
May 3, 63 ; returned to duty Nov., '63 ; severely wounded in left foot 
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64. 

Whiting, Wileord G. ; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal April i, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Oliver, Samuel S.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal March 23, '64; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '6-1. 

Hendrickson, Simon E. ; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 



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pointed corporal March 23, '64; taken prisoner at battle of Port Re- 
public, Va., June 9. '62 ; exchanged and returned to duty Nov. 7, '6.1 ; 
mustered out with company July 6, "64. 

T.\i"T, MiLO N. ; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor- 
poral; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died . 

Carroll, Charles; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal May 3, 03 ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes. Va., 
Aug. 26, '61; exchanged and returned to duty March 20, '63; killed at 
battle of Gettysburg, ir'a., July 3, '63. 

Griswold, Abraham C. ; corporal; E. S. June 7. '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal Nov., '61 ; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 
22, '62 ; body moved to National Cemetery at Winchester, Va. 

NoRRis. Norman L. ; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61. 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Nov. 25, '61 ; severely wounded in shoulder at battle of Cedar 
Mountain, Va.. Aug. 9, '62 ; died of wounds in hospital at Alexandria. 
Va., Sept. 4, '62; body removed to National Cemetery at Alexandria. 
Va. 

Fisher. Amos C. ; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61; appointed corporal 
April I. '62; discharged at New Market, Va., May 10, '62, by order of 
Board of Surgeons. 

LoTt, Jkrome; corporal; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal 
June 19. '61 ; discharged at Columbus, O., June 3, '62, on surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability ; died . 

Burr. Edward; corporal; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; reappointed cor- 
poral Nov. I, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Depart- 
ment. 

Ernst, John H.; corporal; E. S. Oct. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral [March 23, '64; transferred to Recruit Camp by Order No. 156, 
Department of Cumberland, dated June 8, "64; discharged at expiration 
of term of service. 

Vance. Samuel; corporal; E. S. June 19. '61. 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. H. June 19, '6r, bv order of Col. E. B. Tyler. 

Gill, Seymour T. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.. June 19. '61. 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal April 29. '61 ; taken prisoner at battle of 
Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26, '61; paroled; detailed as musician with 
provost guard at Columbus, O., Sept. 9. '63; detailed as clerk m re- 
cruiting office at Columbus, O. ; mustered out with company July 6. 64. 
French, Warren A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 nios.. June 19. 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal April 29, '61 ; sergeant June 19. 61 ; 

mustered out with company July 6, '64 : died . 

Cone, Frank; corporal; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos., June 19. 61. 3 

yrs.; appointed corporal Feb. 6, 1863; mustered out with company 

Julv 6. '64. , 

Clark. George F.; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 nios. ; mustered 

out Aug. 18, '61. ^ ., .. 

Hi-NTooN, Ei.BRiDC.E G. ; musiciau ; E. S. April 22. 61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18. '61. 

Travis. Isa.\c S. ; musician; April 22. '61. 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. .^ . ,, 

Allen. John; private; E. S. April 22, 61. 3 mos.. June 19. 61, 3 
yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6. '64. 



564 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Anson, Alphonso L. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; no record 
found. 

Armstrong, Charles C. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Atkins, George L. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61; discharged at New 
Market, Va., May 10, '(y2, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died 

Atkins, Thomas S. ; private; E. S. April 24, "61; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Babcock, Joseph; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '(i2, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Baker, Schuyler J. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; detailed as 
nurse in hospital at Culpeper C. H., Va., Aug. 10, '62, and taken pris- 
oner; discharged March 23, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Balch, George F. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Williamsport, Md., June 3, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Barber, Seth ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Barber, Clark; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital 
at Gallipolis, O., Oct. 26, '61. 

Barnes, Calvin; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Barnes, William H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Beeee, Lewis C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Bentley, Charles L. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Oct. 25, '62, by order of War Department, to enlist in engineer corps. 

BosE, Frederick ; private ; E. S. March 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out on expiration of 
term of service by order of War Department. 

Bower. George W. ; private ; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. H, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler. 

Brakeman, Gerry ; private ; E. S. Aug. 23, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
thigh at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863 ; transferred per 
Special Field Order No. 156, Department of the Cumberland, dated 
June 8, '64; killed in battle of Pine Knob, Ga., June 15, '64. 

Breese, James R. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.. June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; transferred to Co. F, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler. 

Brick, Michael; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Brinkerhoff, Simeon S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Britton, Martin T. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Brown, Arthur ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; detached as 
teamster; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Bryant. Demas W. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at Manassas Junction, Va., Sept. 4, '^2; paroled; no further 
record found. 

Burbank, Thaddeus F. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; dis- 



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charged Oct. 26. '62, by order of War Department, to enlist in engineer 
corps. • 

Button, Horace; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged at 
Washington, D. C, Feb. 13, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disabihty. 

Blrnh.xm, Rkuben H. ; private; E. S. Oct. 20, 'Oi, 3 yrs.; killed at 
battle of Winchester, Va., ]\Iarch 23, '62 ; body removed to National 
Cemetery at Winchester, Va. 

Blys, George J. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; detached as teamster ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Caler, Charles F. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Vet. Res. Corps Nov. 15. '63, by order of War Department. 

CallENDer, John E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Cakvin, Lewis C. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; body moved to National Cemetery 
at Winchester, Va. 

Clark, Taylor H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

CoLLiGAN, Thomas; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, "61. 

CoLWELL, Albert C. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
left ankle at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in Co. I. 177th O. V. I., Sept. 12, 
'64; mustered out with company June 24, '65. 

Colwell, Addison B. ; private; E. S. June 7, '6r, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Columbus, Ohio, July 8, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; 
died 

Cone, Isaac; private; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to In- 
valid Corps Aug. I, '63 by order of War Department. 

Cone, Svlvanus G. ; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
thigh at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3. '63; transferred to Co. 
B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged from hospital at Louisville, Ky., 
May. '65. 

Copeland, Andrew ; private ; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.. May 3, '63; died from wounds in 
hospital at Aquia Creek, Va., June 13, '6^,. 

Coulter, William A.; private; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital at Gallipolis. Ohio, Oct. 18, '61. 

Croft, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

CusTiN, Robert L. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61. 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Cumberland, Md., Sept. 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Cutler. John A.; private; E. S. June 7. '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Harper's Ferry, Va., Oct. 22, '62, by order of War Department to enlist 
in I St U. S. Cavalry. 

Dawse. John W. ; private; E. S. .A.ug. 15. '62, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Chancellorsville. Va.. May 3. '63: exchanged and returned 
to dutv Nov., '61; transferred to Co. B. ^th O. V. I.. Oct. 31, '64; 
mustered out at McDougal General Hospital, New York Harbor, May 
26, '65. 

Dingman, Harry ; private ; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Dodge. Ale.xander; private; E. S. April 22, 61. 3 mos.. June 19. or, 



566 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20. "61 ; died 
at Salisbury, N. C, April 24, "62. 

Duncan. Harmon; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Ekwin, James; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Perron, James O.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded in knee at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; 
mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Fish, Joseph L. ; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. C, Oct. IS, '62, by order Lieut.-Col. O. J. Crane. 

Fitzgerald, Michael; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; severely 
wounded in breast at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; transferred 
to Co. B, stli O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Ford, Mortimer; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Foster, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos,; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Franke, John A.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
neck at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; taken prisoner at 
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; exchanged and returned to 
duty; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Gardner, William L. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in face at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at 
Philadelphia. Pa., Dec. 11, '62, for disability arising from wounds. 

GiBBS, George A. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Gill, Louis C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 10, "61, 3 
yrs. ; sent to hospital Aug., '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

GlEndenning, Charles; private; E. S. June 7. '61, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. H, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler. 

GraplER, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Green, Edwin ; private ; E. S. Aug. 9, '62. 3 yrs. ; served until April, 
'64, when ordered to report to Gen. Steadman at Chattanooga, Tenn., 
for transfer to the Mississippi Squadron; transferred Aug. 14, '64; 
served on the General Grant as captain of the forecastle until June 
20, '65, when honorably discharged. 

Grieein, James T. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; sent to hos- 
pital at Cumberland, Md. No further record found. 

Griffith, Albert G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; discharged 
May 8. '61, at Cleveland, Ohio, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Griffith, Charles E. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; detached in Sappers and Miners Corps; discharged at 
Germantown, Pa., April 26. '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Hale, Sir Matthew; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; died at 
Camp Dennison, Ohio. June i. '61. 

Harmer, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, "61. 3 
yrs.; wounded in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
discharged at Harper's Ferry. Va., Oct. 22. '62. by order of War De- 
partment, to enlist in ist U. S. Cavalry; died in Andersonville. 



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Harrison, Albert H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

H.\KT, \ OLNEV ; private; E. S. June 7, "61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Hartman, James; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Hawkins, Benjamin F. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; severely 
wounded in neck at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 19, "Oj ; dis- 
charged on account of wounds March 31, '63; afterwards became blind 
irom effects of smallpox. 

Herrick, George; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; returned to duty Nov., 
"63; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at 
Columbus, Ohio, July 12, "65. 

Hettinger, Charles G.; private; E. S. June 7, "61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; died of wounds in hos- 
pital at Culpeper, Va., Aug. 10, '62. 

Hibeard, Lawson ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle 
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62. 

Hickok, Albert; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as com- 
pany cook and teamster ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Hobday. Edward; private; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos., June 19, _'6i, 
3 yrs.; wounded in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
transferred to Invalid Corps '64. by order of War Department. 

HoEG, William A.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Columbus, Ohio, July 25, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disabilit\. 

Holcomb, Norton B.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
foot at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., .A.ug. 9,_'62; discharged by rea- 
son of wounds, at New York Harbor, Jan. 5, "63. 

Hopkins, Stephen A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 vrs. ; transferred to Co. F, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. 
Tyler. " 

Hummel, Valentine A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Hungerford, Augustin; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
19, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Hunt. Westel W. ; private; E. S. -Aug. 13. '62. 3 yrs.; wounded in 
foot at battle of Chancellorsville. Va.. May 3, '63; detached as ambu- 
lance driver; transferred to Co. B. 5th O. V. T., Oct. 31, '64; mustered 
out June 5, '65, by order of War Department. 

Hunter. Griffith; private: E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Huntington. Henry; private; E. S. April 22. "61, 3 nios. ; mustered 
out Aue. 18, '61. , 

HuNTOON. Horace H. ; private; E. S. July 10. '61, 3 yr?- : taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26. '61 ; returned to duty 
March 20, '63; transferred to Co. G. 5th O. V. T.. Oct. 31. '64; mus- 
tered cut at Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 2, '64. 

Hutchinson. William J.: private; E. S. Aug. 12. '62, 3 yrs.; 
transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, 
'6=;. bv order of War Department. 

Jenkins, Bfnjamin; private; E. S. June 7. '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; returned for duty 



568 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

March 20, '63 ; wounded in hand at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 
3, '63; furlough granted from hospital at Mt. Pleasant, June 23, '63. 
No further record found. 

Johnson, Charles H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; died in hospital at Sutton, Va., from accidental pistol shot, 
Aug. 20, '61 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Grafton, W. Va. 

Johnson, Edgar M. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. 24, '62, by order of War Department, to en- 
list in U. S. Engineer Corps. 

Johnson, Frederick R. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Jones, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 
yrs. ; discharged Dec. i, '62, by order of War Department, to enlist in 
2d U. S. Cavalr}'. 

Jones, Russell M. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged at General Hospital at Alexandria, Va., Aug. 31, '63, 
on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Lander, Thomas M. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged 
Oct. 22, '62, by order of War Department to enlist in ist U. S. Cavalry. 

Lapham, Wallace W. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; mortally 
w^ounded through lungs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
died from wounds in hospital at Culpeper, Va., Aug. 13, '62; body re- 
moved to National Cemetery at Culpeper, Va. 

Lee, John; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of 
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63. 

Livingston, Oliver ; private ; E. S. Jan. 29, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged 
May 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

McAdams, John; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; severely 
wounded in thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; dis- 
charged at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 17, '63, on account of disability arising 
from wounds. 

McGravv, Charles; private; E. S. June 2, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; escaped and returned 
to regiment at Patterson's Creek, Va., Jan. 29, '62 ; discharged at Co- 
lumbus, Ohio, April 13, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; re- 
enhsted in Co. E, loist O. V. L, Aug. 9, '62; appointed ist sergt. ; 
promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 15, '62; promoted to ist lieut. Feb. 26, '63; 
killed at battle of Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, '63. 

Major, Henry ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. No record found. 

Malone, Wilbur D. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hos- 
pital at Weston, Va., Aug. 21, '61 ; body moved to National Cemetery 
at Grafton, Va. 

Manley, Frank; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in elbow 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; wounded in leg at battle 
of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; transferred to Recruit Camp Jiine 
II, '64; died 

Maxfield, Eugene ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to 
Co. F, by order of Col. Tyler. 

Meigs, Edmund G. ; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; detailed as 
clerk at Headquarters 2d Division, 20th Corps ; transferred to Co. B, 
Sth O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War 
Department. 

Miller, Ephraim C. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; severely 



REGIMENTAL, ROSTER, CO. D 569 

wounded in shoulder and arm at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; 
taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; returned 
to duty; missing at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out 
April 2S, '65. 

Mulligan, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 
yrs. ; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9. '62. 

Murray, Eugene J.; private; E. S. Aug. 12, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant April 6, '65; 

mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department; died . 

Nash, Albert W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to 
Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26, 
'65. 

NoRRis, Carlos C. ; private ; E. S. March 12, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged 
Jan. 29. "63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

NoRRis, Sherman R. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; detailed as 
clerk at regimental headquarters, July 14. '63; transferred to Co. B, 
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, "64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War 
Department. 

Norton, John A.; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out June 19, '61 ; enlisted in 3 years' service, regiment not known. 

Orton, Willl\m a. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Paine, Cunton J.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Patchen, George A. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

PoMEROY, Douglas F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; detailed as blacksmith; taken prisoner at battle of Dum- 
fries, Va., Dec. 27, "62; exchanged Nov., '63, and returned to duty; 

mustered out with Co. July 6, '64; died 

Pullman, Samuel R. ; private; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by 
order of War Department. 

QuiNN, Christopher C. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, "61 ; returned to duty 
March 20, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64; reenlisted in 
Co. D, 4th U. S. Vet. Vols., Feb. 28, '65 ; discharged Feb. 28. '66. 

Rhodes, Henry H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va.. Aug. 9, '62; de- 
tached for hospital duty at Alexandria. Va. ; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64. 

RoBBiNS, Henry F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Robinson, Peter H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

RoFF. Thomas; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right 
leg at battle of Dumfries, Va.. Dec. 27, '62; discharged for wounds at 

Washington, D. C. March 9. 'd^i ; died 

Rook, George; private; E. S. June 7, '61. 3 yrs.; died in hospital at 
Cumberland. Md., Jan. 6, '62. 
Root, William P.; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; severely 



570 SI;VKNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

wounded in shoulder at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. zj, '62; dis- 
charged for wounds at Washington, D. C, Jan. 31, '63. 

RowE, John ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to regi- 
mental band July 10, '61 ; mustered out with band at Washington, D. 
C, July s, '62; died 

Rubicon, James A.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, "61 ; discharged at Co- 
lumbus, Ohio, Oct. 17, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

RussEix, Stephen V.: private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 24, '62; body re- 
moved to National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va. 

SaylES, Thomas; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; died in hos- 
pital at Wilmington, Del., Nov. 10, '62; buried in Brandywine Ceme- 
tery at Wilmington, Del., grave No. 3. 

SeelEy, Isaac B. ; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Shelby, John ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 2^, '61 ; returned for duty March 20, 
'63 ; wounded in leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, "63 ; 
died of wounds in hospital at Washington. D. C, May 10, '63. 

Shepherd, Charles A.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; detailed as nurse in hospital; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64. 

Shepherd, Richard K. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs. ; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31. '64; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., 
June 16, '64; mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, July 21, '65. 

Sherwood, Van Ness; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Columbus, Ohio, July 21, %2, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Shiveley, George; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged 
from U. S. General Hospital at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12, '63, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disability; died . 

Smith, Alfred E. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty March 
20, '()Tt\ mustered out with company July 6, '64; died July, '06. 

Smith, John ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; returned for duty Oct., %2; 
mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Smith, Perry H. ; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty 
March 20, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Smith, Stephen A.; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Columbus, O., July 21, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Spear, George ; private ; E. S. Aug. 6. '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged from 
hospital at Wilmington, Del., Feb. 17, '63, on surgeon's certificate of 
disability. 

Sperry, Ambrose; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Spring, Charles B.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Stanley, Frank; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; detailed with Pioneer Corps ; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTKR, CO. 1) 57 1 

Stone. Russell; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to 
Co. H. 

Slmnf.r. EuROTUs; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; iniistcred 
out Aug. iS, '61. 

Taylor, NI.^rcls C. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

T.WLOR, William AL; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Tennev. Alexander; private; E. S. Aug. 11, 62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. G, 5tli O. V. I., Oct. 31, 64; mustered out with company 
June 21. '65, by order of War Department. 

Thompson, Weslev L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61; mustered out 
Aug. 18. "61. 

TowEK. Almon ; private ; E. S. Aug. 28, '62, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle of 
Ciiancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63. 

Travis, Isaac S. ; private; E. S. Aug. 23, '62, 3 yrs.; missing at 
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; returned to duty; transferred to 

Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65; died . 

Trulsen, Hans; private; E. S. May 23, '61; served as seaman on 
the Xortli Carolina to July 23, "61 ; on the Rhode Island to June 9. '62, 
and on the Ohio to June 11, '62, when honorably discliarged; enlisted 
in Co. D, 7th Ohio Inf., Aug. 9, '62, and served until April '64. when 
ordered to report to Gen. Steadman at Chattanooga, Tenn., for trans- 
fer to the Mississippi Squadron; transferred Aug. 12, '64, where he 
served as gunner's mate on the General Biimside: discharged Nov. 
22, '64; was then appointed acting masters mate, then master's mate on 
the General Thomas, until June i, '65, when honorably discharged. 

TuTTLE, Bingham; private; E. S. Aug. 28, '62, 3 yrs.; killed in 
battle near Dallas, Ga.. Mav 25, '64. 

TuTTLE. Jerome; private: E. S. July 28, '62, 3 yrs.; severely 
v.oundcd in jaw at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63; 
transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5. 
6:;, by order of W^ar Department. 

\'alleau. George ; private ; E. S. Oct. 8. '62, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner 
at battle of Chancellorsville. Va., Mav 3, '63; exchanged and returned 
to duty: transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged 

on surgeon's certificate of disability ; died . 

Vreeland. Henry: private: E. S. Oct. 10. '61. 3 yr^< discharged 
from Trinity Church Hospital at Washington, D. C, Feb. 12. '63. on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Vreeland. Richard M. ; private; E. S. Oct. 10. 61. 3 yrs: taken 
prisoner at battle of Dumfries. Va.. Dec. 27. '62; discharged July 23. 
'6?. on surgeon's certificate of disabilitv. 

Wagner. J.vcob; private: E. S. Oct. 10, "61, 3 yrs.; died m hospital 
at Harper's Ferrv. Va., Jan. 10, '63. 

Wakelev. Oscar R.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. , 

Walters, Reuben W.: private: E. ?. Oct. 1=;. '62, 3 yr^-: promoted 
to hos. stwd. March !=;. '64: see Field and Staff. 

Wea\-er. John: private; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos., June 10. 61, 3 
yrs.: detached as provost guard May 13. '63; mustered out with corn- 
pa nv Julv 6, '64. 
Webber, Augustus; private; E. S. April 22, '6\, 3 mos., June 10. 01. 



572 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

3 yrs. ; transferred to Co. F, June 19, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler; 
died . 

White, William M. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Wilson, Budd W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 15, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Invalid Corps by order of War Department ; died . 

Wirt, John B. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged at 
Harper's Ferry, Va., Feb. 19, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Wood, Harry; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed fife 
major June 20, "61; see Field and Staff. 

WooLSEY, Harvey; private; E. S. June 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Columbus, O., July 14, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

WuRTs, William L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Columbus, O., July 19, '63, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Young, Thomas R. ; private ; E. S. June 7, '61 ; discharged at Co- 
lumbus, O., Sept. 20, '62 on surgeon's certificate of disability; died . 

ROSTER OF COMPANY E, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Sprague, John W. ; captain; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 
'61, 3 yrs; taken prisoner at Birch River, Va., Aug. 11, '61; exchanged 
Jan. 5, '62 ; promoted to colonel 63d O. V. I., Jan. 23, '62 ; promoted 
to brig.-gen. July 30, '64; brevetted maj.-gen. to date from March 13, 
'64; relieved of command in army and assigned to duty by Secretary 
of War as Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Refugees, Freed- 
men, and Abandoned Lands ; resigned Nov., '65 ; died Dec. 24, '93. 

Weed, Charles A.; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61, 
3 yrs.; mustered out as ist sergt. Co. D, June 17, '61, to accept ap- 
pointment as 1st lieut. Co. D in 3 years' service; promoted to captain 
and assigned to Co. E, Feb. 5, '62 ; resigned Feb. 20, '63 ; died, '95. 

Wilcox, Arthur T. ; captain; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out as 2d lieut. Co. E, June 17, '61, to accept ap- 
pointment as 1st lieut. Co. E in 3 years' service; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26, '61 ; returned for duty Oct. 4, '62 ; 
promoted to captain Co. D, July 9, '62 ; assigned to Co. E, March 10, 
'63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64 ; reentered service as 
colonel 177th O. V. I., Sept. 23, '64; mustered out with regiment June 
24, '65; died, '04. 

Davis, Llewellyn R. ; ist lieut; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; for lecord see Co. C. 

Ketchum, George C. ; ist lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ist sergt. June 20, '61 ; taken prisoner at battle 
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and returned to duty 
March 13, '63; promoted to ist lieut. March 30, '64; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64; reentered service as ist lieut. and adj. 177th 
O. V. L, Sept. 27, '64; resigned May 20, '65. 

LoCKWOOD, Ralph ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '6x, 3 mos., June 17, '61, 
3 yrs. ; promoted to ist Heut. and assigned to Co. A, Nov. 25, '61 ; 
for record see Co. A. 

Brisbine, James P. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. Co. H, June 20, '61; promoted to 2d 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. E 573 

lieut. and assigned to Co. E, Dec. 20, '61 ; killed at battle of Cedar 
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

LocKwooD, George D.; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; for record see Co. D. 

BiULiNGS, Arvin D. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
sergeant Jan. i. "62; promoted to ist sergt. Jan. i, '63; wounded in 
left arm and side at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Wheeler, S.^muel C. ; ist sergt.; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal Jan. i, '62; promoted to ist sergt. March i, '62; 
wounded in left ankle at battle of Port Republic June 9, "62; dis- 
charged at Columbus, O., March 23, '63, for disability arising from 
wounds. 

Pierce, Henry P.; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 nios.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Hill, Henry E.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 20, "61; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, 
'62; wounded in right arm at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; 
mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Harley, William; sergeant; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos., June 20 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Jan. i, '63; promoted to sergeant April 
9, "64; color bearer from May 3, '63; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64. 

Sweet, George W. ; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, "61; exchanged and re- 
turned to duty March 13, '63; appointed sergeant from private May 
19, '64; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Martin, Moses; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20. "61 ; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, 
'62 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. Aug. 9, '62. 

Lowell, Ozro J.; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20 61. 
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; died at Cumberland, Md., t-eb. 
19, '62. . 

Merriam, William; sergeant; E. S. June 3. '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
sergeant June 20, '61; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes. Va.. Aug. 
26, '61 ; left arm amputated ; discharged for wounds Oct. 30, 02, by 
order of War Department. 

WiLCOxsoN, Franklin F. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos., 
June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 20, "61 ; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, "61; paroled May 20. 62; dis- 
charged at Columbus, O., Oct. 23, '63, by order of W ar Department. 

Freeman, William; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '6u 3 mos, June 20, 
•61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 20, '61; discharged at Komney, 
Va.. Jan. i. '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Bailey. Henry H.; sergeant; E. S. Sept. 26, '6 1. 3 yrs.: appointed 
corporal Jan. i. '62, promoted to sergeant Jan. i. 63; vvoundcd in head 
at battle of Antietam. Md., Sept. 17. '62; wounded in '<^ft »"\R",f.* 
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3. "63 : transferred to Co. H, jtH 
O. V. L, Oct. 31, 64; reappointed sergeant and mustered out at expi- 
ration of term of service. .. .. 

Logan. Charles R.; sergeant; E. S. April 25. 61. 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 



574 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO V^OLUNTEER INFANTRY 

Cook, Jonathan; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Meeker, Wiluam W. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Jan. i, '(ij,; wounded at battle of 
Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with company July 6, 
'64 ; died . 

HoLDEN, William; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Jime 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal July i, '63; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64. 

Turner, Jesse G. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. "61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; taken prisoner at battle of 
Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; paroled May 27, '62; on detached duty 
at Columbus, O., until Sept. 24, '63 ; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64. 

Woodward, John H. ; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal June i, '62; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62. 

Alexander, James K. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61. 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal Jan. i, '62; wounded in left leg at battle of Cedar 
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at New York. Jan. 7, '63, by 
order of War Department. 

Blanden, George; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs; appointed 
corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded in left arm at battle of Winchester, 
Va., March 23, '62; discharged Jan. 28, '63, by order of War Depart- 
ment. 

Loring, George W. ; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal June 20, '61 ; discharged at Washington, D. C, Oct. 6, '62, 
on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Lewis, Charles; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal June 20, '61 ; discharged at Charleston, Va., Oct. 31, '61, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Davis, Frederick A.; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded in left thigh at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; transferred to Invalid Corps, Dec. 12, '(i},, by 
order of War Department. 

OsBORN, Omar; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral Jan. I, '62; discharged Jan. 8, 'dZi by order of War Department. 

Smith, Albert O. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Jan. i, '62; wounded through hip at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at Harper's 
Ferry, Va., Nov. 24, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Barber, William M. ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps 
by order of War Department. 

FuRNiss, William; corporal; E. S. May i, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Jan. i, '63; wounded in left thigh at battle of Chancellorsville, 
Va., May 3, '(yT, ; transferred to Invalid Corps Jan. 5, '64, by order of 
War Department. 

Hill, Horace C. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22. '61. 

Steele, Henry R. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Smith, Hiram; musician; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. E 5/5 

at Winchester, Va., May 25, '62; paroled May 31, '62; discharged at 
Columbus, O., Oct. 9, "62. by order of War Department. 

Allen, H.krrison L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in left leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 
9, '62; taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, \'a.. May 3, '63; 
returned to duty; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died . 

Ames. Harrison; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Andrews. Albert; private; E. S. June 3, '61. 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Columbus, O.. Aug. 9, "62, by order of War Department. 

Andrews. Omar E. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 2, '64. by order of War Department. 

Andress, Willl\m H.; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Port Republic. Va., June 9, '62; discharged at York, Pa., 
March 28, '63. bv order of War Department. 

Anness. George; private; E. S. June 20, '6i, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged Jan. 9, '63, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Atw.^ter, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 22, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted Sept. 22. "61 ; wounded 
at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; wounded in right thigh at 
Battle of Port Republic. Va., June 9, '62 ; discharged at Columbus. O., 
Aug. 28, '62. 

Baker. William; private; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos., June 20, "61, 
3 yrs.; discharged at Columbus, O., Sept. i, '62, by order of War De- 
partment. 

Barks, John; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes. Va., Aug. 26, "61; returned to duty March 13, 
'63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Bartlett, George; private; E. S. June 3. '61. 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Gauley Bridge. Va., Oct. 6, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability 

Bartlett, William F. ; private; E. S. June 3. "61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26. '61 ; returned to duty 
March 13, '63; wounded in right ankle at battle of Lookout Mountain, 
Tenn., Nov. 24, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Bartow. Frank P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22. '61. ,^ ^ , 

Beecher. Jacob M; private; E. S. April 25. 61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. . 

Beers, Reuben; private; E. S. June 3, 01. 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes. Va.. Aug. 26. '61; paroled May 27, 62; no 
further record found. 

Bellamy, James; private; E. S. April 25. '61. 3 nios. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. .^ . , 

Bellamy, William; private; E. S. April 2-^. 61, 3 mos.; mustered 

out, Aug. 22, '61. , . 

Benton. Henry T. ; private; E. S. June 3. '61, 3 yr*. : taken pris- 
oner at battle of Dumfries, Va.. Dec. 27. '62; returned to duty March 
13, '63; wounded in left knee at battle of Chancellor-ville. \ a.. May 
3. '6r. discharged March 7. '6-I. by order of War Department. 
^ Benton, William L. ; private; E. S. June 3. 61 3 yrs.: <l«^chargcd 
at Williamsport, Md.. June i. '62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 



576 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

Billings, Edward; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Blake, Joseph; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs; discharged at 
Columbus, O., July 6, '62, by order of War Department. 

Blakesley, Lyman M. ; private: E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty 
March 13, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Blakesley, Robert W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
"61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '6x ; 
returned to duty March 13, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Brooks, Lucien H.; private; E. S. April 25, '6x, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Butler, James ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in Parish Prison, New 
Orleans, La., Dec. 27, '61. 

BuTTERFiELD, Leander ; private; E. S. Dec. 25, "61, 3 yrs.; dis- 
charged at Front Royal, Va., June 20, '62, on surgeon's certificate of 
disability. 

Call, Henry S. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Call, Hudson ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged ; no 
date or place given. 

Capen, Isaac C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Carrington, John; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Cherry, William ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; paroled May 27, '62; 
discharged at Columbus, O., Nov. 19, '62, by order of War Depart- 
ment. 

Clarke, Joseph S.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 16. '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlisted Sept. 16, '61 ; wounded 
through left ankle on retreat from Romney, Va., Jan. 10, '62; wounded 
in left arm and groin at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
wounded in right side at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; dis- 
charged Aug. 26, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Cleveland, Josiah W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Collins, Isaac; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; enrolled but 
never mustered in. 

Cranston, Arthur; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Cronk, Jarius J.; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Cross, Edson B. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at battle 
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61. 

CuRRAN. Thomas S. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; right leg amputated ; dis- 
charged Nov. 3, %2, by order of War Department. 

Dale, James; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. E 577 

Darling, George H.; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

D.^RLixG, Lewis A.; private; E. S. Sept. 22, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged on expiration of term 
of service \>y order of War Department. 

DiLxixGH.AM. Edw.ard; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; enrolled 
but never mustered in. 

Douglass, Anson; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; no record 
found. 

Downing, George K. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes. Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty 
March 13, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

EiKLER, George ; private ; E. S. March 4, '63, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
right leg at battle of Ringgold. Ga., Nov. 27. '63 ; leg amputated above 
knee; died from wounds at Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 11, '63; body 
removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

E\'ERETT, D.wiD ; private ; E. S. Sept. 22, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in leg 
at battle of Antietam, !Md., Sept. 17, '62; died from wounds in hospital 
at Smoketown, Md., Oct. 6, '62. 

Fisher, James; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Floro, Daniel; private; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs.; sent to hospital 
at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 13, '63; died Jan. 5, '64; body removed to 
National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va. 

Floro. Jesse ; private ; E. S. Sept. 3, "62, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle 
of Dallas. Ga., May 25, "64; transferred to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 
31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department. 

Fowler, Edwin O. ; private; E. S. Sept. 25, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Fox, Zebah; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; paroled May 2-, '62: trans- 
ferred to 2d U. S. Cavalry by order of War Department. 

GiBBS, William F. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes. Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in prison Dec, '6r. 

Gill, Benjamin F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.. Aug. 5, '61, 
3 yrs.; mustered out as ist lieut. Co. D. July 21, '61; reenlisted as pri- 
vate Co. E, Aug. 5, '61 ; wounded in right knee at battle of Cross 
Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., 
Aug. 9, '62 ; died from wounds in hospital at Alexandria, ya., Aug. 29, 
'62; body removed to National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va. 

Gordon. Wilson S. ; private; E. S. June 3, "61. 3 yrs.: discharged 
at Washington, D. C, Dec. 5, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Graham, James; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. , , . 

Gr.\ves, William E. ; private; E. S. June 3. 61. 3 yrs. ; detached as 
nurse in ho.spital at Clairsville, Md. ; mustered out July 6. 64, by order 
of War Department. 

Green, Henry; private: E. S. Sept. 3. '6-'. .3 yrs.; transferred to 
Veteran Reserve Corps. Sept. i. "63. by order of War Department. 

Grinnell, Oliver; private; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs.: killed at battle 

37 



578 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; body removed to National Cemetery at 
Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Hann, John ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; paroled May 27, '62; trans- 
ferred to 5th U. S. Cavalry by order of War Department. 

Hakdy, Eu; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out Aug. 
22, '61. 

Hardy, James; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Hasbrook, James G. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Haskins, Jay; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; wounded in left knee at battle of Port RepubHc, Va., June 9, '62 ; 
discharged at Columbus, O., Oct. 23, '62. 

Haughm, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Hopkins, xA.lvin ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
vi^ith company July 6, '64; died . 

Hopkins, Marcus S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 vrs. ; for record see Field and Staff. 

Haworth, George; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; no record 
found. 

Hutchinson, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right arm at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., 
Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Baltimore, Md., March 4, '63, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Ingerson, Daniel; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Ingles, Thomas; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with companv July 6, '64. 

Jay, Charles; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, '64, by order of War Department. 

Kearney, Joseph; private; E. S. Aug. 29, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B. Sth O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June S, '64, by order 
of War Department. 

Keen, John; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Keizer, Henry; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died in prison at Tusca- 
loosa, Ala., Dec. 28, '61. 

Keizer, Peter; private; E. S. Sept. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; died at Cumber- 
land, Md., Feb. 22, '62. 

Kelley, James: private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in left 
arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with 
companv July 6, '64. 

Kellogg, Bradford; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Kennedy, Edward J.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; returned to duty 
March 13, '63; wounded in left leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., 
May 3, '63; transferred to Invalid Corps, Jan. 14, '64. by order of War 
Department ; was one of the returning prisoners on board the steamer 
Siiltana at time of explosion. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER. CO. E 579 

Keith. William A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos. ; nui.^tered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Klasen, Peter; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mo^.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Laird, Orville D. ; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Lakixs, George U. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Lei:. David; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Alex- 
andria, Va., Aug. 5, '62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

LowRY, William F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right foot at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 2-j, 
(i2> ; rnustered out with company July 6, '64. 

^IcDermott, Edward; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Camp Dennison, O., June 22. "63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

:McMillan, Andrew; private; E. S. June 20. '61, 3 yrs; mustered 
out with companj- July 6, '64. 

^L\NSELL, Richard; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Warrenton, Va., July 30, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Mears. Nahum; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Antietam, ]\Id., Sept. 17, '62; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64. 

Meisters, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. '62. 

Melville, John; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Milliman, John L. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 vrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va.. March 23, '62; dis- 
charged Julv II, '62, by order of War Department. 

Milliman, Thomas; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Morgan, David E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. f J 

Neighboring. Henry; private; E. S. June 3. 61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Invalid Corps Sept. i, '63, by order of War Department. 

Nichols, George; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. .• u J T 

O'Brian, Henry; private; E. S. June 3, 61, 3 yrs.; discharged Jan. 
8, '63. bv order of War Department. 

O'Brian, Richard; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos.. June 20. 61. 
3 vrs. ; no record found. 

Olney, Avery; private; E. S. April 25. '61. 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, "61. ,^ J » 

Page. John T. ; private; E. S. April 25. 61, 3 mos.; mustered out 

Aug. 22, '61. .^ T ^ 

Penny, Spafford A.; private; E. S. April 22. 61 3 mos.. June 20. 

'61, 3 vrs.; taken prisoner May 7. '62; paroled and returned to duty 

March' 13, '63; killed at battle of Chancellorsville. Va.. ^Liy 3. o3- 

Pierce, George; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 

Pierce. John F.; private; E. S. April 25. '6r. 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 



580 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Pierce, Josiah ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

PixLEY, Henry; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in left 
thigh at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64. 

Randolph, John; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; died at Wes- 
ton, Va., July, '61. 

Ransom, Andrew G. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Raymond, Albert G. ; private ; E. S. June 3, "61, 3 yrs. ; left arm 
broken on cars, March 9, '62 ; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville, 
Va., May 3, 03 ; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 30, '63, by order 
of War Department ; died . 

Roberts, George; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Roberts, Irving G. ; private; E. S. Oct. 9, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; transferred to Co. B, 5th 
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged on expiration of term of service; died 
April 28, '06. 

Roscoe, Fkederick W. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 4, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

RuGGLES, Charles C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Simmons, Anthony; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22, '61. 

Shelters, John; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 27, '62 ; dis- 
charged Sept. I, "62, by order of War Department. 

Smith, Ephraim J. ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Alexandria, Va., April 10, '6t„ on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Smith, Zera S. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; detached as nurse in hospital; mustered out July 6, '64, by or- 
der of War Department. 

Steele, Henry R. ; private; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Recruit Camp June 11, '64; no further record found. 

Stillwell, Francis; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, "61 ; paroled May 27, '62 ; 
transferred to i8th U. S. Inf. by order of War Department. 

Stinson, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in left leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 
9, '62 ; discharged for wounds at Fort McHenry, Md., Oct. 22, "62. 

Stinson, James; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded and 
taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled May 
12, '62; enlisted in loist O. V. I. 

_ Vancise, James L. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
right thigh at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged for 
wounds at Columbus, O., Oct. 22, '62. 

Wagner, Jacob; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 22, '61. 

Ward, Elam ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., Sept. 22, '61, 3 
yrs. ; mustered cut Aug. 22, '61 ; reenlis'ted Sept. 22, '61 ; discharged 
at Cumberland, Md., Feb. d, '62. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. F 58 1 

Warren, Thomas; private; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs ; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64; died . 

Wkatheri.ow . Daniel; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs; wounded 
in side at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged at Balti- 
more, Md., Feb. 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Webber. Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; pa- 
roled Jan.. '62; discharged at Columbus, O., April 11, '63. by order of 
War Department. 

Wfii-and, John; private; E. S. Sept. 22, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. K, Oct.. '61. 

Welch, Jonathan W. ; private; E. S. April 2s, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 22, '61. 

Welch, Rufus; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged May, 
'62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Wetzell, Henry, private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, '61. 
3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff. 

Whiting. Geokge A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 22. "61. 

WiCKHAM, John W. ; private; E. S. Sept. 22, '61, 3 yrs. ; severely 
wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; dis- 
charged for wounds at Alexandria. Va., Nov. 20, '62. 

Williams. Bravton P..; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner :it battle of Chancellorsville. Va., May 3, '63 ; returned to duty 
Nov. 17, '6?; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

William's. William L. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; died at 
Gallipolis, O., Sept. 13, '6r. , . ., ,. 

WiNSLOw, Henry; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; marked dis- 
charged" on roll without date or place. 

Witmer. Amekicus; private; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos., June 20, 61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 24, '63. 

Wood, Wade; private; E. S. June 20. '61. 3 vrs. ; discharged at 
Dumfries. Va., Feb. 17, "63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

ROSTER OF COMPANY F, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Morris, John; captain; E. S. April 23. '61. 3 mos.; resigned May 8, 
'61, to accept appointment as R. Q. M.; see Field and Staff. 

Stedman, William; captain; E. S. May 14. '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18. '61. ,, . 

Clayton. Descomd B.; captain; E. S. June 19. 6r. 3 yrs.; resigned 

'burcess. Albert C. : captain; E. S. April 22. "61. 3 mos June 19.. •61 
':j-yrs.; appointed 2d lieut. Co. A April 29. "61; promoted to 1st lieut. 
Mav 14. '61 ; promoted to captain and assigned to Co. b Nov. 2.-,. 01 
wounded in ankle at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23. 62; resigned 
Jfuly 9. '62; died . .. .^ . ,^ .^, 

Day, Alfred H.; captain; E. S. April 20. 61. 3 mos.. June 19. 61. 
'3 yrs.; mustered out as sergeant June 19. '^L to accent .inpointment as 
2d lieut. in 3 vears' service; promoted to ist lieut. April i 62: Pro- 
moted to captain Nov. 2. '62; wounded m neck a battle of Port Re- 
public. Va., June 9. '62; resigned Nov. 10, 02 ; died 



582 SEVKNTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Rouse, John R. ; ist. lieut. ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 j^rs. ; resigned Aug. 6, '61. 

Sterl, Oscar W. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.^ June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; see Co. K. 

Hopkins, Marcus S. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 21, 
'61, 3 yrs.; see Field and Staff. 

Spencer, Harlow N.; ist lieut; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs.; commis- 
sioned as 2d lieut. Aug. 22, '62; promoted to ist. lieut. Nov. i, '63; 
wounded in right hip at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; wounded 
over right eye at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64; reentered service as captain Co. K, 177th 

0. V. I., Oct. 3, '64; mustered out with company June 24, '65. 
Johnson, Frank, 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 

3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. June 20, '61; promoted to 2d lieut. April i, 
'62 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Wilcox, Isaac N. ; 2d. heut. ; E. S. April 20, 'bi, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Bard, David F. ; ist. sergt. ; E. S. June 2, "61, 3 yrs. ; appointed ser- 
geant June 20, '61; promoted to ist sergt. April 11, '62; discharged May 
30, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Carter, James B. ; ist sergt.; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal June 20, '61; promoted June i, '62; wounded in head at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, "62; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., 
Sept. 17, '62; body removed to National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md. 

Iredell, Charles; ist sergt.; E. S. April 19, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 24, '61; promoted to ist sergt. May 
29, '61; mustered out June 20, '61, on account of reenlistment in 3 yrs. 
service; appointed sergeant June 20, '61; promoted to ist sergt. Oct. 

1, '62; transferred to Invalid Corps Aug. i, '63. 

vStratton, Isaac; ist sergt.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs ; transferred from Co. A June 20, '61, by order of Col. E. B. 
Tyler; appointed sergeant from private Feb. 28, '62; promoted to ist 
sergeant Nov. i, '63 ; wounded in head at battle of Chancellorsville, 
Va., May 3, '63: wounded in left eye at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 
3, '63 ; wounded in foot at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; killed 
in battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; had reenlisted as veteran. 

Carr, Alexander C. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Feb. i, "62; promoted to sergeant July 
16, '63; promoted to ist sergt. June 11, '64; transferred as veteran to 
Co. G 5th O. "V. I., Oct. 31, '64; reappointed ist sergt.; wounded at 
battle of Peachtree Creek, July 20, '64; discharged for wounds Dec. 
I, '64. 

Taylor, Ellison G. ; sergt.; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 20, '61; promoted to sergeant April. I, 
'62 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

HosKiNS, Charles W. ; sergt. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Oct:. 
I, '62; discharged Feb. 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Risk, Robert M. ; sergt.; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, ^' 
yrs.; appointed corporal June i, '62; promoted to sergeant; wounded 
in thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged 
Jan. 3, '64, to enlist as veteran ; no further record found. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. E 583 

Tousr.EY, AlbiCRT M.; sergt. ; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs. ; appointed to 
sergeant from private May i, '64; missing at battle of Chanccllorsvillc, 
Va., May 3, '63; returned to duty Nov. 17, '63; wounded in face and 
leg in battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. 
V. I.. Oct. 31, '64; promoted to ist lieut. Feb. 22,, '65; mustered out with 
company July 26, '65. 

NoRTHKor, Eli C, Jr.; sorgt. ; E. S. April 24. '61, 3 mos., June 20, *6i, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Feb. 15, 
'63; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died 

Baptie, John; sergt.; E. S. Sept. 3, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal 
Feb. I, '63; promoted to sergeant; wounded in right knee at battle of 
Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; wounded in right hip at Pine Knob, Ga., 
June 16, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; promoted 
to 1st sergt. April i, '65; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War 
Department. 

Granger, Edward G. ; sergt. ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed 
corporal Feb. i, '63; promoted to sergeant May i, "64; wounded in right 
arm at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25. '64; transferred to Co. G, 5th 
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged for wounds Dec. i, '64. 

Chapman, Elan H.; sergeant; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Newberry, George; sergeant; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

GridlEy, Benjamin; corporal; E. S. April 20. "61. 3 mos.. June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., 
March 2^,, '62; wounded in thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, 62; died of wounds at Culpepcr. Va., Oct. 20, '62. 

De Long, Cyrus H. ; corpor.il ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.: appointed 
corporal; wounded in leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; 
discharged Dec. 18, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Earle, William H. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal May 24, '62; discharged Jan. 27, '63, on surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Ely, John; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61. 3 yrs.; 
appointed corporal May 24, '62; wounded in hand at battle of Antietam, 
Md., Sept; 17. '62; discharged for wounds .^pril i, '63,. 

Maxfield, Eugene; corporal; E. S. June 20. '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal May i, '64; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I.. Oct. 31. '64; no 
record of muster out found. 

Hill, Levi B. ; corporal; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral May I. '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31. '64; "Mis- 
tered out June 21, '6> by order of War Department. 

Spidell. William'H.; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Feb. i, '63; wounded in leg at battle of Chancellorsvillc. Va., 
May 3, '62, ; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps. 

Stockham, W^arner; corporal; E. S. Sept. 2, '62. 3 yrs.: appointed 
corporal May i, '64: transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; 
promoted to sergeant Jan. i, '65; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Thwing. Henry; corporal; E. S. Aug. 30, "62. 3 yrs.: appointed cor- 
poral Mav I, '64; wounded in left arm at battle of Chancellors ville, 
Va., May'-?. '6k wounded in right hip at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 
25, "64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I.. Oct. 31. "64: transferred to 



584 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INFANTRY 

Veteran Reserve Corps March i, '65 ; mustered out at Washington, 
D. C, June 28, '65; died 

TwiCHELL, Nathaniel; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed 
corporal July 16, '63; wounded in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, 
Va., Aug. 9, '62; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; pro- 
moted to sergeant July i, '65 ; mustered out with company as veteran 
July 26, '65. 

Poor, Wileiam; corporal; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs.; transferred from 
Co. B Jan. 22, "64, to enlist as veteran; appointed corporal May i, '64; 
transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; promoted to ist sergt. 
July I, '65 ; mustered out with company July 26, '65. 

Dooeittle, Ceay; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; discharged at Washington, 
D. C, Sept. 8, '62. 

Burt, AIark V.; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded in left arm at battle 
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; returned to duty Sept. 15, '62, mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Keller, Isaiah; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, "61. 

Clark, Albert D. ; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61; reenlisted in Battery A, ist Ohio Light Artillery; ap- 
pointed sergeant ; mustered out Sept. 12, '64. 

Goodsell, ChareEs W. ; corporal; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Bard, Charles H. ; musician ; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged Nov. 21, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Brewster, John R. ; musician; E. S. April 21, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Brewster, Andrew ; musician ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps 
March i, '65. 

WooDARD, Joshua L. ; drummer; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; see Field and Staff. 

AcKwoRTH, James W. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Adams, Arthur; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded in leg and breast at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62 ; no further record found. 

Alderman, Henry; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62 ; died March 26, '63. 

Allen, Frederick; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Auxer, James B. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., 
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Albany, N. Y., June 29, '65. 

Babcock, Benjamin; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 vrs. ; discharged 
at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 10, '63. 

Bard, William F. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Barton, Ira M. ; private ; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 
9, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. K 3^5 

Basquin. Francis; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to 
Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps March 
I, '65, by order of War Department. 

Bennett. Daniel; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62. 3 yrs.; wounded in 
left thigh at Pine Knob. Ga.. June 16. '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. 
V. I.. Oct. 31. '64; discharged March 17, "65. on surgeon's certificate 
of disabihty; died 

Bergin. John; private; E. S. Oct. 10, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded through 
face at Battle of Ringgold. Ga., Nov. 27. '63; transferred to detach- 
ment of recruits June k "64; no further record found. 

Bethel. Frederick; private; E. S. June 20. '61. 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester. Va.. March 23, '62; discharged for wounds July 
3. '62. 

Bingham. Luther B. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 nios. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. ^ .^ 

Breese. James R.; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.. June 20. 61. 
3 yrs. ; transferred to Co. D by order of Col. Tyler. 

Brewster. Oscar; private; E. S. Sept. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
Kenesaw Mountain. June 27, '64; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I.. 
Oct. 31. '64; mustered out with company July 26. '65; veteran. 

Brown, Ezra ; private ; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in hand 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. '62; discharged for wounds 
Dec. 5, '62; died . 

Brown, Wallace; private; E. S. June 20. '61. 3 yrs.; died in hos- 
tal June 26, '63; body removed to National Cemetery at Soldiers 
Home, D. C. ,. , . . 

Burgan, David M.; private; E. S. June 20. '61, 3 yrs.; died in hos- 
pital at Weston, Va., July 15. '61. 

BrsHNELL, Orville; private; E. S. Sept. 3. '<^2, 3 yrs.; died at 
Harper's Ferrv. W. Va., Oct. 29. '62. 

Butts. Lewi's ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at 
battle of Dumfries, Va.. Dec. 27, '62; returned to duty: transterred 
to Co. G 5th O. V. L. Oct. 31. '64; mustered out at McDougal General 
Hospital, New York Harbor, May 29, '65. 

Cadwell, George M.; private; E. S. June 20, '61. 3 yrs.; wounded 
in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. Aug. 9. '62; discharged on 
expiration of term of service June 23. '64; died May i, 01. 

Camp. Charles; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, "61. ,. , ,. 

Camp. Harlow; private; E. S. Aug. 21. '62, 3 yrs.; died at Har- 
per's Ferry, W. Va., Nov. 25, '62. 

Campbell, Theodore; private; E. S. April 20, 61, 3 mos.; mu'^tered 
out Aug. 18. '61. ,^ - 

Carrier, George W^ ; private; E. S. April 20 6, .^ „ios.. June 20, 
'61. 3 yrs ; wounded in neck and side at battle of Cedar Mountain. \ a.. 
Aug 9, '62- returned to dutv May 8. '63: recnhstcd as veteran; trans- 
ferred to Co. G. sth O. V.'L, Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant from 
private July i. "65; mustered out with company July 2<). 65. 

Case Henry C; private; E. S. April 20. '61, 3 mos June 20. 61. 
3 yrs.; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain. \ a.. Aug. 9. 02 

Chami'NEv. Oscar; private; E. S. April 20. 61. 3 "'«« • J""? f- ^i- 
3 yrs.; reenlisted as veteran Jan. 23. '64: transferred to Co. G Sth O. 



586 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed corporal July i, '65; mustered out with 
company July 26, '65 ; died March 31, '06. 

Chapman, George; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at 
Washington, D. C, April 25, '63, by order of Gen. Martindale. 

Chapman, Leroy; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
head and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; 
discharged at Washington, D. C, Nov. 13, '62, by order of War De- 
partment. 

Chapman, Rufus S. ; private; E. S. Sept. 10, "61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
on enhstment to Co. D 29th O. V. I.; mustered out at Cleveland, O., 
Sept. 27, '64. 

Clark, Aepheus G. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; died May 
24, '61. 

Cole, Samuel H. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Cone, Milo H.; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Courtney, Nathan; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Bolivar Heights, Va., Nov. 25, '62, on surgeon's certificate of dis- 
abihty; died . 

Cutler, Harrison ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Darrow, Erastus ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Davidson, James S. ; private; E. S. Oct. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hos- 
pital at Cumberland, Md., March 16, '62. 

Davis, George H. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Downer, John; private; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
breast at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged March 
1 1, '63. 

Downing, Freeman ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded 
in neck at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G 
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, "64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War 
Department; aied . 

Drummond, Francis; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged June 3, '62, by order of Gen. Banks. 

Eatinger, Sherman; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged Feb. 27, '63, 
by order of Gen. Dix. 

Ellinwood, James; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26, 
'65 ; veteran. 

Ely, Thomas; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, "61, 3 
yrs. ; wounded in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 
'62 ; discharged June 27, '63, by order of Gen. Martindale. 

Evans, Richard; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Faulk, Lawrence S. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 24, '65, by order 
of War Department. 



REGIMENTAL KOSTKH. CO. E 587 

Ferguson, Albert; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 yrs. ; no record found. 

Ferre, George; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 '"os. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, "61. 

FosTCR, PhilETus p.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Invalid Corps Aug. i, '63, by order of War Department. 

Fowler, Franklin; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Romney, Va., Dec. 30, '61. 

Frazier, John A.; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred on 
enlistment to Co. C. 29th O. V. I. ; discharged June 27, '64, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

FuLKERSON, Joseph F.; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs; no record found. 

Fuller, Marshall; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, *6i. 

Golden, George W. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64. 

Gray, John; private; E. S. Aug. 26, "61, 3 yrs.; transferred on en- 
listment to Co. C, 29th O. V. I. ; killed at battle of Dug Gap, Ga., May 
7, '64. , ^ ,, 

Gridley, Talbot; private; E. S. April 20, 61. 3 mos.. June 20, 61, 
3 yrs.; discharged at Washington, D. C, April 29, '63; died Feb. 
22, '01. 

Grim, James; private; E. S. Nov. 12, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred on en- 
listment to Co. I, 29th O. V. I. ; killed at battle of Pine Knob, Ga.. June 

Haight, Theron; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Hall, Albert W. ; private; E. S. April 20. '61, 3 mos., Oct. 22, 61. 
3 yrs.; mustered out Aug. 18, '61; reenHsted Oct. 22, 61, and trans- 
ferred to Co. G. 29th O. V. I.; appointed corporal July 1. 64; pro-, 
moted to sergeant Oct. 20, '64; mustered out Dec. 22, 64. 

Hall, Elias; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of 
Winchester, Va., March 22,, '62; body removed to Natjonal Cemetery 
at Winchester, Va. 1 -n t * 

Hall, Sylvester S. ; private; E. S. May 30, 61, 3 yrs.; killcu at 
battle of Winchester, Va., March 2},, '62. 

Handsheu. John J.; private; E. S. June 20. 61. 3 yrs.; killed at 
battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Harpham, George S.; private; E. S. Aug. 26, 62, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Baltimore, Md., May 5. '63. r ,,„ i „„ 

Harring, Hiram; private; E. S. Sept. 10. 61, 3 yrs.j transferred on 
enlistment to Co. D. 29th O. V. I. ; mustered out at Atlanta. Ga.. Sept. 
2T, '64, on expiration of term of service. 

Harter, George; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 

^Hawn,'^Alvin T.; private; E. S. June 20, •61, 3 yrs.: discharged 
Nov. 24, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Hazen, Monroe: private; E. S. March 25. 64, 3 yrs. ; ';'''^;'f;,i;:;"'; 
near Dallas, Ga., May 2-., 64; body removed to National Ccmclcrj at 

^^HJSImvAY: Samukl R. : private; E. S. Aug. n. 'G^. y yrs.; tmns- 



588 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

ferred on enlistment to Co. D, 29th O. V. I. ; mustered out June 5 '65. 
by order of War Department. 

Hopkins, Stephen A. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in breast at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 
9, '62; discharged Oct. 21, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

HoRTON, Marcus C. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; dischaiged 
July 6, '62, by order of War Department. 

Houghton, Marshall; private; E. S. Sept. 10, '61, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred on enlistment to Co. D, 29th O. V. I.; mustered out at Camp 
Dennison, Ohio, Sept. 27, '64, on expiration of term of service. 

Jackson, Marcus B. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Johnson, William H.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va.. June 9, '62; paroled and re- 
turned to duty Oct. 9, '62 ; wounded in right knee at battle of Ringgold, 
Ga., Nov. 27, '63; discharged June 24, '64, on expiration of term of 
service. 

Jones, Daniel; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in hip 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; transferred to Co. G 5th 
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company Julv 26, '65; veteran. 

Jones, William H. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. No record 
found. 

Keller, Franklin B. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 13, '61, to reenlist in Battery A, ist Ohio Light Artillery, 
for 2 years' service ; appointed corporal ; promoted to sergeant May 
13, '64; mustered out with battery July 31, '65; veteran. 

Kelso, William R. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

KiBBEE, William H. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in breast at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; discharged for 
wounds Feb. 21, '63. 

King, Samuel R. ; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs.; reenHsted as 
veteran from Co. G, Jan. 23, '64; transferred to Co. G. 5th O. V. I., 
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out May 2, '65, by order of War Department. 

Kistler, Willoughby F. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 vrs. ; dis- 
charged at Washington, D. C, April 9, '63. 

KiTTERiNG, John; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
BoHvar Heights, Va., Nov. 28, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Knapp, Henry J. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 6, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred on 
enlistment to Co. H, 29th O. V. I.; discharged May 18, '65, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disability. 

LooMis, Perein D. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
both legs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; transferred to 
Invalid Corps Dec. 15, '63, by order of War Department. 

Matthews, David; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at bat- 
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Matthews, Sylvester; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 
9, '62 ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Mead, Henry W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; died in Gen- 
eral Field Hospital March 19, '64; body removed to National Cemetery 
at Chattanooga. Tenn. 



RKGIMKNTAL ROSTKK, Co. !• 589 

Melton, Charlks H.; private; E. S. Aug. 18, '62, 3 yrs. ; tnins- 
ferred to Invalid Corps by order of War Department. 

Mei.ton, J.^mes; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; severely 
wounded over right eye at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63; no 
further record. 

MiNNiCK, Charles W. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; rcen- 
listcd as veteran; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I.. Oct. 31, 64; ap- 
pointed corporal July i, '65; mustered out with company July 26. '65. 

MoNASMiTH. Hen'ky; private; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Washington, D. C, Sept. 8, '62. 

MoNEMAKER. David C. ; private; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in left arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, "02; discharged 
Oct. zj, '62, to enlist in U. S. Cavalry. 
Moon, George W. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 

out Aug. 18. '61 ; reenlisted in 3 years' service in artillery. 

MoRLEY, Alfred W.; private; E. S. April 20. '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 vrs. ; wounded in right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, 
'62; wounded in leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; trans- 
ferred to Vet. Res. Corps March 31, "64, by order of War Department. 
Newton, Bartu:y; private; E. S. April 20, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, "61. 

Nicholas, Albert B. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64. 

NiCKERSOx, Corwin a. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered 
out with company July 6. '64. 

NiGHMAN, George H.; private; E. S. April 20, "61, 3 nios. ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, "61. . 

NiGHMAN, Wesley; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 61, 
3 vrs.; died at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 5, '61. 

Northrop, James B. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Feb. 18, '63. bv order of Gen. Slocum. 

Otis, Milton; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to Co 
G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31. '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of 
War Department ; died June, '06. 

Ovi.\TT, John F. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded ni 
hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. '62; discharged for 
wounds Nov. 2^, '62. 

Owen, Moses; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle 
of Winchester, Va., March 2t„ '62; discharged Aug. 15. '62. 

Parks, Charles A.; private; E. S. Aug. 30, "62, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3. '63 ; transferred to 
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, "64; mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, June 
12, '65, "by order of War Department. 

Payne, Charles H.; private; E. S. Oct. 19, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
on enlistment to Co. H, 29th O. V. I.; mustered out Nov. 4. f)4. on 
expiration of term of service. . . 

Pegg. Lewis; private; E. S. Sept. 30. '61. 3 yrs.; wounded tvvice in 
right arm at battle near Dallas. Ga., May 25, '65; transferred to Co. U. 
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 26, 05; 
veteran. ,^ , , 

Perry. William M. ; private; E. S. June 20. 61. 3 yrs.; wounded 
in ankle and taken prisoner at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, 02; 



590 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

paroled Jan. 7, '63, and returned to duty ; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64. 

Phelps, James H. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Pritchard, Anson; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis- 
charged for wounds Aug. 15, '62. 

Pritchard, Samuel M. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; dis- 
charged Oct. 22, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

PuRRiNGTON, Charles A. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Romney, Va., Dec. 30, '61. 

Reed, Averitt C. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
shoulder at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged for 
wounds Jan. 10, '63. 

Reese, George D. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Reese, John J.; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; absent in hospital ; mustered out July 6, '64, by order of War 
Department. 

Remmell, Lawrence; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in neck at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; returned to duty 
March 25, '63 ; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; body 
removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Remmell, Martin; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; reenlisted as 
veteran; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out 
with company July 26, '65. 

Reynolds, Lunis T. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Richards, Marshall M. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Richardson. Henry B. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Robinson, Martin L. ; private ; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Rodenbaugh, Calvin P.; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; absent in hospital for injury by fall from car Oct. 3, 
'63 ; mustered out July 6, '64, by order of War Department. 

Rohrr, John; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. i, 
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; accidentally shot through 
right hand. 

Rouse, James L. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61 ; reenlisted for 3 years' service in artillery; battery not 
known. 

Russell, Gideon T. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., .June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in left side and taken prisoner at battle of Cedar 
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. No further record found. 

ScoviLLE, Marshall L. ; private ; E. S. March 14, '64, 3 yrs. ; 
wounded in right arm at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; trans- 
ferred to detachment of recruits by order of Department of the Cum- 
berland June 8, '64. 

Shirtliff, Frank; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER. CO. V 59 1 

Shirtliff, Ralph; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Smith, Charles R. ; private; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs. ; tran.sferrcd 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant; mustered out 
with company July 26, '65 ; veteran. 

Smith. George J.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred to 
Co. G. 5th O. V. 1.. Oct. 31, "64; mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, 
June 27, 65; veteran. 

Smith. Chavncev; private; E. S. June 20. "61. 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Cohimbus, Ohio. Feb. 10, '63, by order of War Department. 

SrAi-FORD, William H.; private; E. S. April 20, '61. 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 13. '61. to reenlist in Battery A, ist Ohio Light Artillery. 
Stanford, William; private; E. S. March 29. "64. 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company 
July 26, '65. 

Thomi'SOX. Edward; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds 
at Philadelphia. Pa., Oct. 21. '62. 

Thwing, Rlfus; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged at 

Washington, D. C, Nov. 12, '63; died 

TiBBOLS, Thaddeus; private; E. S. April 20, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Tracy, Edward E. ; private; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 61, 
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62: dis- 
charged for wounds at Columbus, Ohio, July 10. '62. 

Twitchell. Arba; private; E. S. April 20. '61, 3 mos.. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in hand at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; 
discharged at Columbus. O.. Dec. 6. '62. 

Van Ormer. Joshua; private; E. S. April 20, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, "61. 

Walker, Frederick; private; E. S. June 20, 61, 3 yrs. No record 
found. ,. J- . J 

Warriner, Loren B.; private; E. S. June 20, 6r, 3 yrs.; discharged 
June 3, '62, by order of Gen. Banks. 

Webber, Augustus; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 20. 
'61, 3 vrs. ; discharged June 12, '63, by order of Gen. Slocum. 

Wheeler, Allen B.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. No record 
found. ., ,. J 

Whitney, Edward O. ; private; E. S. April 25, 61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; reenlisted as veteran; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. \ L, 
Oct. 31, '64: mustered out with company July 26. '6!;. 

Wilder, William; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 2, '62. ... 1 

Wing, Warren G. ; private; E. S. June 20, 61. 3 yrs.; discharged 

Nov. II, '62, bv order of Gen. Morris; died 

Wintersteen, Shannon R.; private; E. S. Aug. 26. 62, 3 yrs.; 
died in hospital at Aquia Landing. April 29. '63: body removed to 
National Cemeterv at Soldiers' Home. D. C. 

Winzfnrfid. RuDoi.rH; private; E. S. June 25. 61. 3 yrs.^: wounded 
in left knee and right hand at battle of Cedar Mountam V a., Aug. 9. 
'62; reenlisted as veteran; transferred to Co. G. 5th O. \. L. Oct. 3L 
'64; appointed corporal July i. '65; mustered out with company July 
26. '65. 



592 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

YoNELLS, George; private; E. S. Oct. 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred on 
enlistment to Co. H, 29th O. V. I. ; mustered out Nov. 3, '64, on expi- 
ration of term of service. 



ROSTER OF COMPANY G, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Seymour, Frederick A.; captain; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 
14, '61, 3 yrs. See Field and Staff. 

Braden, William D. ; captain; E. S. April 25, "61. 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out as private Co. H, June 20. '61, on account of 
reenlistment in 3 years' service; appointed ist sergt. Co. H, Dec. 24, 
'61; promoted to 2d lieut. April 14, '62; promoted to ist lieut. March 
8, '63 ; promoted to captain and assigned to Co. G, July 9, '63 ; 
wounded in left leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
wounded in left ankle at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mus- 
tered out with company July 7, '64. 

Robinson, William H. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 
14, '61, 3 yrs.; died at Gauley Bridge, Va., Oct. 8, "61; body removed 
to National Cemetery at Grafton, W. Va. 

Quay, Elliott S. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 2^, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out June 19, '61, to accept appointment as 2d lieut. 
in 3 years' service; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 3c, '61; promoted to 
captain and asst. adj. gen.. May 21, '62, and assigned to staff of Brig.- 
Gen. E. B. Tyler; died 1863. 

Dean, Harry M. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Nov. 
25, '62; promoted to 2d lieut. March 7, '63; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 
I, '63; mustered out with company July 7, '64: reentered service as 
1st lieut. and adjutant 174th O. V. I. Sept. 21, '64; promoted to captain 
and detached on staff of Gen. John S. Jones as A. A. A. G. ; mustered 
out with regiment June 28, '65. 

Reed, Seymour S. ; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; promoted to captain Co. B, Nov. 2, '62. See Co. B. 

King, Charles L. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out as corporal June 20, '61, on account of reen- 
listment in 3 years' service ; appointed corporal June 20, "61 ; promoted 
to sergeant Jan. i, "62; promoted to ist sergt. March 7, '63; wounded 
in face at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, "62; wounded in right 
hand in battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out July 7, '64, 
by order of War Department. 

Barrett, George W. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 2=;. "61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 20, '61; promoted to ist sergt. 
Dec. 15, '61 ; severely wounded in right leg at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; leg amputated; discharged for wounds Oct. 24, 
'62. 

Austin, Eusebius S. ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Lazarus, Edward M. ; sergeant; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal June 20, '61; promoted to sergeant Dec. i, "62; 
wounded in knee at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mus- 
tered out with company July 7, '64. 

Furry, George A. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 



REGIMENTAL RCSTER, CO. G 593 

3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20. '61; promoted to sergeant Dec. i, 
'62; mustered out with company July 7, "64. 

Callow, William T. ; sergeant; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Jan. i, '62; promoted to sergeant March i, '63; wounded in 
shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded at 
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25. '64; mustered out with company July 
7, '64. 

Laucks, James R. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25. 61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61. 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant; severely wounded in right thigh and 
left on field at battle of Port Republic, Va.. June 9. '62 ; died from 
wounds at Staunton, Va., Nov. i, '62. 

Eldridge, Franklin; sergeant; E. S. April 25, "61. 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Dec. i, '62; promoted to sergeant; 
wounded in right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; 
wounded in right side at battle of Chancellorsvillc. Va., May 3, "63; 
discharged March 24, '64. on surgeon's certificate of disabilit\'. 

Hume, John; sergeant; E. S. May 31, '61, 3. ys. ; appointed ser- 
geant ; discharged Nov. 26, "62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Ramey, Lewis R. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Hartzell, James N.; corporal; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Dec. i, '62; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

May, Alfred E. ; corporal; E. S. June 20. "61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral May I, '64; wounded in head at battle of Antietam. Md.. Sept. 
17, '62; mustered out with company July 7. '64. 

Bertholph, Gilbert D. ; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal May i, '64; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered out with company July 7. '64. 

Smith. Zexo K. ; corporal; E. S. June 5, "61. 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Mav i, '64; mustered out with company Julv 7, "64. 

HoLTON, Hiram M. ; corporal; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 vrs. ; appointed corporal Sept. i, '^2: taken prisoner at battle 
of Port Republic. Va.. June 9. "62 ; paroled Sept. 14. '62 ; mustered out 
Julv 7, '64, by order of War Department. 

Bull, Austin; corporal; E. S. April 25. "61. 3 mos., June 20. "61. 3 
yrs.; appointed corporal Jan. i. '62; wounded in hand at battle of 
Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, "62; killed at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 
27. '62. 

Wright, Daniel H.; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20. 
"61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; killed at battle of Cedar Mountam, 
Va.. Aug. 9. '62. .^ . , 

HuTTON. Warren B.; corporal; E. S. May 31. 61. 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal; died at Charleston. Va.. Nov. 2. '61. 

Bryan. James C. ; corporal; E. S. May 31. "61. 3 yrs.: appointed 
corporal April 20, '62; severely wounded in thigh at battle of Antie- 
tam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged at Smoketown. Md.. Dec. 20. 62: 
died ,^ . , 

Brosius. Chalkley: corporal; K. S. May 31. 61. 3 vrs.; appomted 
corporal June r, '62; discharged July 16. '62. on surgeons certificate of 
disabilitv. . 

Pitt.m'an-. William E. ; corporal; E. S. .Xpril ^?. 6t. 3 mos. June 

38 



594 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

20, '6i, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal; discharged Feb. i, '62, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Reed, Loren; corporal; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral May 9, '63 ; wounded in hand at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62 ; discharged June 25, '64, on expiration of term of service. 

RuoEF, Julius (or Thomas) ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., 
June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; wounded and taken prisoner 
at battle of Port RepubUc, Va., June 9, '62; discharged at Columbus, 
Ohio, June 24, '62. 

Owen, Humphrey B. ; corporal; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal Dec. i, '62; wounded in hand at battle of Chancellors- 
ville, Va., May 3, '63; wounded at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; 
mustered out with company July 7, '64; reenlisted in Battery L, 2d 
Illinois Light Artillery ; discharged at close of war. 

Clark, Scripture; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

PoLHAMus, Nathaniel F. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; 
mustered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Benson, James N.; musician; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in right shoulder at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; mus- 
tered out with company July 7, '64. 

Huntoon, Horace; musician; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out July 10, '61. See Co. D for 3 years' service. 

Abbott, Lemuel; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Barber, Henry O. ; private ; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64. 

Barnard, Clark E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; absent in hospital at Washington, D. C. ; mustered out July 
7, '64, by order of War Department. 

Barton, Ira W.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Baxter, James; private; E. S. Sept. 4, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded twice 
in right leg at battle of Chancellorsville,^ Va.,_ May 3, '63; discharged 
April 27, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Beacon, John W. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64. 

Beardsley, George; private; E. S. Sept. 11, '61, .•? yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, sth O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out with company July 
26, '65. 

Beckwith, Perry E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Beers, Joel; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; no record found. 

Berry, Lyman; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Boles, Lemuel; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; exchanged and transferred to 
2d U. S. Cavalry. 

Bond, William R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7. '64. 

BoYiNGToN, Lewis; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, Co. C. 595 

June 9, '62; paroled and discharged at Columbus. Ohio, Feb. 27, '63, 
on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Ik NCE, Harmon A.; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '62. 3 yrs. ; discharged 
at Baltimore. Md., Feb. 10, "63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Butler, Rufus A.; private; E. S. May 31, 'Oi, 3 yrs.; died at 
Charleston, Va., Oct. 10, '61. 

Carl, George K. ; private; E. S. Oct. 23. '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
right arm at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; transferred to 
recruit camp June 11, '64; no further record found. 

Carl, Thomas C. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Chancellorsville. Va.. May 3, '63. 

Cl.\rk. George H.; private; E. S. Sept. 13, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Vet. Res. Corps Aug. 15, '63, by order of War Department. 

Cloud, John; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle 
of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to Invalid Corps Jan. 
5, '64, by order of War Department; died 

CoE, Addison; private; E. S. April 25, 'bi. 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; mortally wounded in shoulder at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 
17, '62; died from wounds Sept. 21, '62; body removed. to National 
Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md. 

Cooper, Ephraim ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; died at 
Camp Dennison. Ohio, June 5, '61. 

Cooper, George W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Cramwell. William; private; E. S. May 21, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged May 28, '63, 
on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

CuRRAN, James; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle near Dallas. Ga.. May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G. 5th O. V. I., 
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War Department; 
died , '02. 

Daxforth, Tunis S. ; private; E. S. July 29, '62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Washington, 
D. C. June 16, '65, by order of War Department. 

Day. Edward E. ; private; E. S. June 5, '61 3 yrs.; mortally 
wounded in arm and lung at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; 
died of wounds Aug. 18. "62. 

DiNGES, Henry F. ; private; E. S. April 25, 61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va.. Aug. 9. '62. 

Donaldson, Arthur S. ; private; E. S. May 3I; '61. 3 ys. ; dis- 
charged Sept. 8, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

DouTHiTT, Enoch M.; private; E. S. Aug. 8, '62, 3 yrs.; died of 
typhoid fever nt Dumfries. Va.. March 4. "63. 

DouTHiTT, John H.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mortally 
wounded in arm and side at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., .-Kug. 9, 
'62; died from wounds Aug. 21, '62. 

Eatinger, Sol. O. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Featherstone, Tames; private; E. S. Aug. 22. '62. 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, "64; discharged on surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

Field. Lyman: private; E. S. Aug. 29. '62. 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Harper's Ferry, \'a., March 14. '63. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 



596 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

Fisher, Samuel S. ; private; E. S. Oct. 18, '61, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to recruit camp June 11, '64, by order of Department of the Cumber- 
land; mustered out as sergeant Oct. 29, '64. 

Fleming, Sidney ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Flickinger, Ephraim ; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Invalid Corps by order of War Department; died . 

Fram, John; private; June 5, "61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of Win- 
chester, Va., March 2^, '62; body moved to National Cemetery at Win- 
chester, Va. 

Freeman, Stephen R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Fuiry, John H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Fuller, Samuel A.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Garee, John T. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded by 
ramrod through right hand at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, 
'62; discharged at Washington, D. C, Oct. 28, '62, on surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability, 

Garrison, James A. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 8, "62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
shoulder at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63 ; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, 
by order of War Department. 

Geyelin, George; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in forehead at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, 
'62 ; discharged Nov. 26, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Gibbons, William S. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 
'62 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64 ; died April 4. '02. 

GiLLETT, James ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Green, Isaiah B. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded in head at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
transferred to Invalid Corps Dec. 18, '62, by order of War Department. 

Hall, Joseph N. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
left foot at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, %2> \ transferred to Co. G, 
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War 
Department. 

Hall, Thomas ; private ; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; discharged at 
Dumfries, Va., April 2, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Hansen, Horatio N. ; private; E. S. April 23, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; 
paroled Sept. 16, %2 ; missing at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 

2, '(iTf-, returned to duty ; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 

27, '63 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Harsh, Franklin; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in bowels at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 
'63; discharged April 28, '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability; 
died . 

Herrick, Ira; private; E. S. May 31, '61. 3 yrs.; wounded in right 
hand at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; discharged Oct. 8, 
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disabilitv. 



REGIMIiNTAL ROSTER, CO. f, ^i)J 

Hetlick, Michael; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, "61 ; no further record found. • 

HoLCOMB, Jarvin M. ; private; E. S. .-Vpril 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in side at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3. 
'63 ; discharged April 29. '64, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Horner. Anthony \V. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out with company July 7, '64. 

HoKNER, William C. ; private; E. S. May 31, '6i, 3 yrs.; no record 
found. 

HorcK, George W.; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, "62; mustered out with com- 
pany, July 7, '64. 

Howard. Henry; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Hudson, Austin; private; "E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Oct. 8, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Hudson, Herbert F. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Hughes, Morris R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to hos. stwd. June 14, '62; see Field and Staff. 

Hughes, Todd; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, 62; exchanged Sept. 4, '62; 
wounded in groin at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.. May 3, '63; mus- 
tered out with company July 7, '64. 

Judd. Watson E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61. 
3 yrs. ; discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., Feb. 5, '63. on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Keller, Casper; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos., June 20, '61. 
3 yrs.; discharged at Washington, D. C March 25. '63. on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

King, Ira S. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20. '61, 3 
yrs.; promoted to hos. stwd. Jan. 10, '62; see Field and Staff. 

King, Samuel R. ; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '61. 3 .vs.; transferred to 
Co. F, Jan. 2;},^ '64, as veteran ; transferred to Co. G. 5th O, V. I., Oct. 
31. '64; mustered out May 2, '65. by order of War Department. 

King, William F. ; private; E. S. June 7. '61. 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Battery I, ist O. L. Art., Dec. i, '61, by order of Col. E. B. Tyler. 

Lazarus, Martin; private; E. S. June 20. "61. 3 yrs.; killed at 
battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62. 

LiNDsEv. John C. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Dec. 24, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

LoGUE. Lloyd G. ; private; E. S. May 31. '61. 3 yrs.; taken pris.mer 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26. '61 : exchanged and returne<l 
to dutv June 26, '64 : mustered out with company July 7. '64. 

McFarland. James; private; E. S. June 20, '61. 3 yrs.; mustered 
out with company July 7. '64. 

McKiNNEv. Jacob: private: E. S. May 31. '61. 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Dumfries. Va., Feb. 18, '63,. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Merrill. Benton; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.: taken pris- 
oner at battle of Port Republic, Va.. June 9. "62; paroled Sept. 14. 62: 
discharged at Columbus, O., March 10. '63. on surgeons certificate of 
disability. 



598 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

Merrill, Martin; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B, 5th U. V. I., Oct. 3i> '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order 
of War Department; died June 28, '05. 

Mills, Ends T. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

MiNARD, MiLo; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Moore, James B.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

MouLTON, Joseph L. ; private; E. S. Aprd 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Oakley, John H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Ohl, John; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; 
discharged Sept. 18, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Orvis, Recellus W. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; see Field and Staff. 

Owen, Lewis; private; E. S. Oct. 18, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in both 
legs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded in right 
arm at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, "63; transferred 
to recruit camp June 11, '64, by order of Department of the Cumber- 
land ; no further record found ; died . 

Parker, David; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Pidgin. James; private; E. S. June i, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Invahd Corps, Jan. 16, '64, by order of War Department. 

Potts, Israel; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs.; taken prisoner at Manassas Junction, Va., Sept. i, '62; exchanged 
and returned to duty Jan. 14, '63; mustered out with company July 

7, '64- 

PowNALL. Horace B. ; private ; E. S. I\Liy 3, '61, 3 ys. ; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Port RepubHc, Va., June 9, '62; exchanged Dec. 4, 
'62 ; returned to duty Jan. 2, '63 ; wounded in head at battle of Ring- 
gold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Powell, Owen; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Reiter, James; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Jan. 
18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Reynolds. Vincent; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded in 
back at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out with com- 
pany July 7, '64. 

Ripple, William H.; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out with companv July 7, '64. 

Robinson, James P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

RoDGERS, William K. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., June 23, '62; exchanged 
and returned to duty March 20, '63; mustered out with company July 
7, '64. 

RoDGERS, William W. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; mortally 
wounded in head at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; died of 
wounds June 20, '62: body removed to National Cemetery at Soldiers' 
Home, D. C. 



REGIMENTAL KOSTKR. CO. 0. 599 

Root, Alexander; private; E. S. April .'5, "Gi, 3 nios. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18. '61. 

Russell, Ed\v.\rd M.; private; E. S. June 20, 61, 3 yrs. ; died at 
home while on furlough Feb. 24, '62. 

Sears, Henry W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Shaw, Stanley; private; E. S. .-\pril 25, 61, 3 rnos., June 20, 61, 
3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Sims, George B.; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; died in hospital 
at Cumberland, Md., March 14. '62. 

Smith. Franklin J.; private; E. S. Sept. 6, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, 64; mustered out June 21, 65, by 
order of War Department. 

Smith, Philip; private; E. S. -Xpril 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 61, 3 
yrs.; wounded in right arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 
'63;' wounded in right arm at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, 64; 
mustered out with company July 7, "64. 

Spera, Ezra; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 

S^o.^T, William; private; E. S. Oct. 18, '61, 3 yrs.; died at home 
while on furlough Jan. 24, '62. 

Stanley, Frank A.; private; E. S. Sept. 11. '62, 3 y"; trans- 
ferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31.. "64; mustered out at McDougal 
General Hospital, New York, May 25, '65. 

Ste-^dman, Albert; private; E. S. March 27, 62. 3 yrs ; w-ounded 
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; kdled at battle of Chan- 
cellorsville, Va., May 3, '63. 

Steadman, Arthur C; private; E. S. April 25. 61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Port Repubhc, Va June 9, 62; 
paroled Sept. 14, "62; killed at battle of Chancellorsville, \a.. May 

^' Stcvenson, V. P.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 

^S^NG,^ Francs; private; E. S. June 20, 'Gi, 3 >-s.; severely 
wounded in leg and foot at battle of Cedar Mountain, \a Aug. 9. 62, 
discharged Nov. 14, '62, on surgeon's certificate ot disability. 

SuLLWAN, John S. ; private; E. S. Sept. 3. '02 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. B. 5th O. V. 1., Oct. 31, 64; mustered out June 21, 63, by order 
of War Department. .. ., » j 

Taylor, Wall-^ce B. ; private; E. S. April 25. -61, 3 mos.; mustered 

out Aug. 18, '61. 

Thompson, John A.; private; E. S Aug. 30, 62, 3 y''y '!^'- 
ferred to Co B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31. 64; appointed corpora No%. I. 
'd4 mistered out June 5. '65. by order of War ^^^P'-^^tmem : died -— 

Thompson, Myron; private; E. S. Aug. 30, 62 3 y'^' ^''^^'^''1^ 
to Co. B, 5th O. V. 1., Oct. 31. 64; mustered out June 5. 65. by order 
of War Department. ^ ^ . •, .^ t ^ 

Tuller Samuel A.; private; E. S. April 25. 61, 3 mos June 20. 
'61 3% wounded in shoulder at battle of Cedar Mnumain Va Aug. 
o'ei wounded in left leg at battle of Chancellors^ville. Va May 3. 
%3; died of wounds May .1. '63; body removed to National Cemetery 
at Fredericksburg, Va. 



600 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

TUPPER, Howard C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Van Wagner, Orlando C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Feb. i, '62, on surgeon's certificate of dis- 
ability. 

Waller, Silas P.; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at York, 
Pa., March 14, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Wheeler, Charles O. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out with company July 7, '64. 

White, Alonzo V.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Whitman, Thomas H. ; private; E. S. June 5, '61, 3 yrs.; killed 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Whitney, Edward O. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; 
transferred to Co. F, as veteran, Jan. 23, '64; transferred to Co. G, 
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War 
Department. 

Wicks, Jerry; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Wilcox, Henry; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; severely wounded in side and arm at battle of Antietam, Md., 
Sept. 17, '62; discharged at Washington, D. C, April 4, '63, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disabihty. 

WiLLYARD, Sylvester; private; E. S. Ausr. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 14. '64, by order of War Depart- 
ment; mustered out as private 92d Co., 2d Battalion Vet. Res. Corps; 
died Feb. 28, '04. 

Winters, Harrison; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Wise, Watson; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs.; wounded in neck and face at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, 
'63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64 ; died . 

WiTHERELL, Albert; private; E. S. Aug. 31, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Wolf, Isaac; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

WooLF, Adam ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; wounded at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, '63 ; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64. 

WooLF, Thomas; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
neck at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; wounded at battle of 
Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63 ; mustered out with company July 
7, '64. 

YoxTHiMER, Peter; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 



REGIMENTAL RUSTER. CO. II OOI 

ROSTER OF COMPANY H, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Asi'ER, Joel F. ; captain; E. S. April 24, "61, 3 nios., June 3. "oi, 3 
yrs. ; promoted to lieut.-col. May 20, '62; see Field and Staff. 

]\IcClell-\nd, Samuel; captain; E. S. April 24, '61. 3 mos., Juno 17, 
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to licut.-col. Dec. i, '63; sec Field and StatT. 

Nesper, Christian; captain; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal Co. K, Nov. i, '61; promoted to ser- 
geant July 19, 62; promoted to 2d lieut. July 25, '62; promoted to ist 
lieut. Nov. I, '63; "promoted to captain and assigned to Co. H, March 

19, '64; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
wounded in right hip at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered 
out with company July 7. '64; died Sept. i, '81. 

Wood, George L. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 3, '61, 
3 yrs. ; promoted to captain Co. D, Nov. 25, '61 ; see Co. D. 

Case, Halbert B. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. April 29, '61; promoted to 2d lieut. June 
8, '61; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 25, '61; resigned Feb. i, '62; com- 
missioned as captain Co. C, 84th O. V. I., May 31, '62; mustered out 
with company Sept. 29, '62. 

Eaton, Henry Z.; ist lieut. E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 18. '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out as private Co. B, June 18, "61 ; appointed 2d lieut. 
Co. B, June 18, '61 ; promoted to ist lieut. and assigned to Co. H, Feb. 

20, '62; detached as acting aide-de-camp on staff of Gen. E. B. Tyler; 
wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; resigned 
by reason of disability Nov. 2Z^ '62. 

Braden, William b. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to captain Co. G, July 9, '6j,; see Co. G. 

Baxter, Morris; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs ; see Field and Staff. 

Bris'bine, James P.; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20. 
'61, 3 yrs. ; see Co. E. 

Cleveland, James B. ; 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; resigned 
June 8, '61. 

Pollock, Joseph; ist sergt.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 10, '62; promoted to ist sergt. Feb. 
16, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Brooks. Charles A.; ist sergt.; E. S. May 20, '61, 3 yrs.; promoted 
to ist lieut. and adj.; see Field and Staff. 

Bower, Robert S. ; ist sergt.; E. S. .\pril 25, '61, 3 '"os., June 20. 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal .April 29, '61; promoted to sergeant; 
promoted to ist sergt., June, '63; discharged Feb. 15, '64, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Davis. John L. ; sergeant ; E. S. May 30. '61. 3 yrs. ; appointed cor- 
poral June 20. '61; promoted to sergeant Jan., '62; wounded in right 
arm at battle of Chancellorsvillc, Va., May 3, "63; mustered out witii 
companv Julv 7, '64. 

Fox, Ellis'; sergeant; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 3 yrs.; 
appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promnte<! to sergeant : detached as 
provost guard; returned to company for duty: wounded in left arm 
and taken prisoner at battle of Ringgold. Ga.. Nov. 27, '63; discharged 
July 6. '64. . 

Chaffee, John; sergeant, E. S. May 2,0. '61, 3 ys. ; appomted cor- 



602 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

poral; promoted to sergeant; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Pollock, John; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal; promoted to sergeant Feb. 15, '64; wounded 
in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64; died Aug. 2, '05. 

Casper, Stanley M. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant April 20, '61 ; discharged at New Mar- 
ket, Va., May 10, "62, by order of War Department. 

Moore, George W.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 20, '61; wounded in head at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged at Alexandria, Va., 
June 18, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Van Wye, William; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant ; 
wounded in head at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63; killed 
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63. 

Roberts, Frederick H.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal March i, '62; promoted to sergeant 
July I, '62; discharged Feb. 12, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility; died Sept. 22, "oi. 

Owen, Daniel D. ; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 years; promoted to com. sergt, Nov. 30, '61 ; see Field and Staff. 

Wilkin, John, Jr.; sergeant; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; appointed 
sergeant April 29, '61 ; mustered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Pierce, Henry H.; corporal; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 ys. ; appointed 
corporal; taken prisoner at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; 
returned to duty; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Hunt, David L. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Aug. i, '62; wounded in left thigh at bat- 
tle of Port RepubHc, Va., June 9, '62; wounded at battle of Chancel- 
lorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Vance, Samuel M. ; corporal; E. S. May 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

GlendEning, Charles; corporal; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; ap- 
pointed corporal ; wounded in arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62; returned to duty; wounded in left leg at battle of Ring- 
gold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered out July 7, '64, by order of War 
Department. 

Kincaid, Joseph; corporal; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal; wounded in arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 
'62 ; missing in action at battle of Chancellorsville, Va.. May 2, "63 ; 
returned to duty ; wounded in both arms at battle of Ringgold, Ga., 
Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

WiNTERSTEEN, Davis; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May i, '64; mustered out with com- 
pany July 7, '64. 

Bennett, William H. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., 
Nov. 27, '63 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, 
Tenn. 

Trimmer, Ambrose C. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; wounded in left shoulder at battle 
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER. CO. H (>07, 

Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; killed at battle of Chancellorsvillc, V'a., 
May 3, '63. 

Bell. Hiram J.; corporal, E. S. .May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed cor- 
poral Dec. 24. '61 ; wounded in groin at battle of Antietani, .Md., Sept. 
17, '62; discharged at Cleveland, O., .May 24, "63, on surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

Gates, Lore.nzo D.; corporal; Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral; wounded in right thigh at battle of Ringgold, (Ja., Nov. 27, '63; 
transferred to Co. B. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; promoted to sergeant 
Nov. I, '64; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of War Department; 
died. 1905. 

Waters, Darwin W. ; corporal ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; ap- 
pointed corporal ; wounded in right arm at battle of Chancellorsville, 
\'a., May 3, '63; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; pro- 
moted to sergeant April 6, 65; mustered out June 5, '65, by order of 
War Department. 

Palmer, Erastis C. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61. 3 yrs.; appointed corporal; taken prisoner at battle of Cross 
Lanes. Va.. Aug. 26, '61; returned to duty March 20, '63; wounded in 
right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, "63; mustered out 
with company July 7, "64. 

Starun. Selbv C. ; corporal; E. S. Sept. 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
3 yrs.; died at Charleston, Va., Nov. 4, '61. 

Beebe, James O. ; corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18. '61. 

CooN. Seth: corporal; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs.; detached in corps of sappers and miners April 20, "62; mustered 
out with company July 7. "64; died Feb. 18, "oi. 

Brockway. Marcus; musician; E. S. April 25. "61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; drummer in Co. A in 3 years" service; transferred to regi- 
mental band July 10, '61 ; mustered out with band at Washington, D. 
C. July 5, '62. 

McQuisTON. Hiram; musician; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos.. June 20. 
'61. 3 yrs. ; discharged at Harper's Ferry. Va., Oct. 20, "62, by order 
of War Department. 

Woods. EmviN; musician; E. S. .April 2->. '61. 3 mos.. June 20. '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in left breast at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, 
"62; discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., March 10. '63. 

ScoTT. Chalncev B. : musician; E. S. .April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61. 3 yrs.; discharged Dec. 28, 62; died . 

MosiER, James; wagoner: E. S. .April 2-,. '61, 3 mos.. June 20. '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7. "64. 

Bacon. Henry; private; E. S. April 2^, "61. 3 mos., June 20. '61. 
3 yrs.; killed at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62. 

Baker. Russell: private; E. S. Aug. 30. '62. 3 yrs.; wounded «n 
battle before Kenecaw Mountain. Ga.. June 27, '64; left arm ampu- 
tated ; transferred to Co. G. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged June 
21. '65. by order of War Department. 

Baldwin. William C. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61. 3 yrs.; dis- 
charged at Columbus. O.. July 20. '62, on surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bilitv. 

Bannister. William H.; private; E. S. .April 25. '61. 3 mos.. June 
20, "61, 3 yrs.; wounded in left thigh at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., 



604 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

May 3, '63; transferred to Invalid Corps Feb. 11, '64, by order of War 
Department. 

Barnum, Amos D. ; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs ; died at Har- 
per's Ferry, Va., Feb. 12, '63. 

Barnum, Samuel H.; private; E. S. Aug. 20, '62, 3 yrs; severely 
wounded in bowels at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; died 
of wounds May 17, '63. 

Bishop, Stephen E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis- 
charged for wounds July 14, '62. 

Bough, Joseph J. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; died at Gauley Bridge, Va., Sept. 19, '61. 

Bower, George W. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Washington, D. C, Dec. 6, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Bower, Harrison P. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; died at Middlefield, O., Jan. 29, '62. 

Bower, Reuben; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Bowman, William; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; died at 
Charleston, Va., Sept. 18, '61. 

Brobst, Solomon; private; E. S. Sept. 6, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Brockway, Richard M. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Brooks. James C. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
right leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to 
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged June 21, '65, by order of 
War Department. 

Brown, George W. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. : wounded in 
left hand at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; transferred to 
Co. G. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of 
War Department. 

Buell. Charles L. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Bundy, Thomas W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Burrows, Stephen; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Campbell, Charles L. ; private ; E. S. April 2^, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at Alexandria. Va., Dec. 21, '62. 

CarihEr, Albert G. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Carnagey, Benjamin F. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Cavannah, Arthur A.; private; E. S. April 2.S, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; 
discharged on account of disability at Washington, D. C. Nov. 26, '62. 
by order of War Department. 

Chafeee, Myron; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. : discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 30, '62, by order of War 
Department. 



I- REGIM 



JNTEERSTKR, CO. II 605 



Chaffee. Nelson ;■{ as Wt'<^St- Q-- Ji'"c 4, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at 
Romncy, Va., Dec. 21, of War Department. 

Cu\RK, Lewis J.; pnvait , !£. S. April 25 ,'6i, 3 mos., June _>o, '61, 
3 yrs. ; no record found. 

CoBURN. Wallace; private; E. S. April 2=;, '61, 3 mus., June jo, "61, 
3 yrs. ; for record sec Co. C. 

Combs, ALFiiEu; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 nios., June 20, "61, 3 
yrs.; detailed as teamster July 25, '62; discharged iNov. 14, '62, by 
order of War Department. 

Corliss, Daniel; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Covert, Franklin J.; private; E. S. Aug. 23, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Cramton, RiNALDo R. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, "61. 

Crittenden. Henry W. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3- yrs. ; dis- 
charged June 10, "63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Crooks, Sheldon; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Crosby, Edward ; private ; E. S. Aug. 13, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to 
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, "65, by order 
of War Department. 

CvRTiss, Horace G. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

CuRTiss, Stuart S. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Downs. Horace H.; private; E. S. Oct. 21, '61. 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Columbus, O., July 20, "62. 

EcHENRHOAD, Malcom ; private; E. S. April 25. '61. 3 mos.. June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right arm at battle of Port Republic. Va., June 
9, '62; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. "62. 

EcHENRHOAD, Thomas ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Evans, James; private; E. S. April 2S, '61, 3 nios. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Ford. Harvey; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

FouLK. Samuel R.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out. Aug. 18. '61. 

Fowler, Wheeler W.; private; E. S. Aug. 30. '62, 3 yrs.: dis- 
charged Sept. 30, '62, bv order of War Department. 

Fo.x, John C. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos.. June 20. '61, 3 
yrs.; wounded in both legs at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, 
'62: discharged for wounds at Alexandria. Va., Nov. 11. '62. 

Fox, William H.; private; E. S. Aug. 26, '62, 3 yrs.: wounded in 
arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63; discharKc<l for 
wounds Nov. 20, '63. 

Furrows. Addison; private; E. S. Aug. 30. '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Camp Denm^on, 
O.. Mav 22. '65. bv order of War Department. 

Garrard. Charles T. ; private; E. S. Oct. 5. '61. 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Harper's Ferry. Va., Nov. 22. "62, bv order of War Department, to 



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606 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLT INEANTRY 

eb. II, V 
enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry ; promoted to i M. sergt. ; mustered 

out at expiration of term of service. 20, '62 

Grant, Wesley J. ; private ; E. S. Aug. jo, 62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '6' - Mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Gregg, Israel H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in hand at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63 ; 
discharged for wounds Feb. 22, '64. 

Gregory, Owen; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; died of 
wounds April 12, '62; body moved to National Cemetery at Winches- 
ter, Va. 

Groth, Frederick ; private ; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; killed at bat- 
tle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; body moved to National Ceme- 
tery at Winchester, Va. 

Hardman, Peter M. ; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs.; trans- 
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, 
by order of War Department. 

Harkelrode, Wesley; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; died at 
Harper's Ferry, Va., Jan. 3, '63. 

Hescock, Henry W. ; private E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
April 13, '63 on surgeon's certificate of disability; died . 

Hine, Reuben R. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged at Cumberland, Md., July 17, '62, by order of War 
Department. 

HoLCOMB. Richard; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Hunt, James; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at battle 
of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died of wounds April 5, '62. 

Hunt, John ; private ; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to Co. 
G, sth O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, May 29, 
'65, by order of War Department. 

Hunter, John; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Hunter, William; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in left arm at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 
'63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Inskeep, Alonzo; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in arm 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds 
at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 2, '62. 

Johnson, Webster A.; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in hip at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; transferred to Co. G, 
5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War 
Department. 

Jones, Hugh; private; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in left 
hand at battle of Chancellorsville. Va.. May 2, '63; transferred to In- 
valid Corps June 5, '64, by order of War Department. 

King, Leicester; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; promoted to sergt-maj.; see Field and Staff. 

Lentz, John; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in groin 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds 
at Bolivar Heights. Va., Nov. 25. '62. 

Levens, William A. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. H 607 

'61, 3 yrs. ; detached as wagon master; mustered out with company July 

7. '64. 

Loveless, James; private; E. S. Aug. 28, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. G, O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; discharged at Columbus, Ohio, July 14, '65. 
by order of War Department. 

LuDwiCK, Daniel; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

McClurg. Willlxm H.; private; E. S. April 25, '61. 3 mos., June 20. 
'61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of CcdarMountain. Va.. Aug. 9, '62. 

McMullen, Thomas; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; no record 
found. 

McWiLUAMS, James M.; private; E. S. .Kpril 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; discharged June 21, '62, by order of War Department. 

Martin. Otis; private; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at 
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; returned to duty ; wounded 
in left leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga.. Nov. 27, '63; transferred to Co. 
G. 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, 64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of 
War Department. 

Merrill. James H.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 nios., June 20. 61, 
3 yrs.; killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga.. Nov. 27, "63; body removed 
to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Miller, Calvert C. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at bat- 
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Miller, James B.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. ,^ ,• . J 

Miller. Monroe L.; private; E. S. May 30, 61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Julv 14, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Mohler. Jacob A.; private; E. S. April 25. "61, 3 mos.. June 20, 61. 
3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes. \ a.. .A.ug. 26. 61 ; re- 
turned to duty March 23, '63; mustered out with company July 7, 64; 

'monasmith, Samuel; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20 
'61, 3 vrs. : wounded in leg and arm and taken prisoner at battle ot 
Chancellorsville. \'a., Mav 3. '63; died upon the battlefield. 

MooRE. Jonathan : private : E. S. Aug. 28. '62, 3 yrs. : transferred to 
Co. G. 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31. '64; discharged at Columbus. Ohio. July 7. 
'6s, bv order of War Department. 

MooRE, Joseph V., private; E. S. April 25. 61, 3 mos.; mustered out 

Morse. David; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; discharged Sept. 
30, '63, bv order of War Department. 

Mover.' John; private; E. S. April 25. '61, 3 mos., Oct. 28. 61. 3 yrs.; 
mustered out Aug. 18. '61 : reenlisted Oct. 28. 61 ; discharged June 5. 
'62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died — — . 

Murray Robert D. ; private: E. S. .-\pnl 25. ^L 3 mos.. June 20 6,. 
3 yrs. ; severelv wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va^. Aug. 
9, '62; discharged for wounds at Alexandria. Va.. Nov. 29. ^2: re- 
enlisted as private Co. G .2th O. V. C Sept^ 9. 63: P'-°'"°»^;» »; Q" 
M. sergt. : severelv wounded in action and discharged by reason thereof. 
July 10. '65; commissioned as surgeon. L. S. Marine Hospital Ser- 
vice in '71, and recognized as an expert in the treatment of yellow fever; 
died from injuries received in run-away accident Nov. -'-'• 03 

O'Connor. Daniel; private; E. S. April 25. 61. 3 mos., June 20. 61. 



6c8 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis- 
charged July 16, '62, by order of Capt. A. B. Dodd. 

Oliver, George W. ; private; E. S. Aug. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; wounded at battle of Kenesaw 
Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864; right leg amputated; mustered out June 
21, '65, by order of War Department. 

OsBORN, John C. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged May 10, "62, by order of War Department. 

OsBORN, IMoRRis; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in face at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; 
discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., March 10, "63, on surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability. 

OvERMiRE, William H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain, 
Va., Aug. 9, '62; no further record found. 

OwREY, John; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out Aug. 
18, '61. 

Packard, Alpheus J.; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Sept. 10, '61, by order of War Department. 

Parker, George W. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in right arm at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, 
'62 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Pelton, Charles H.; private; E. S. Oct. 18, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, 
March i, '65, by order of War Department. 

Pelton, Salmon S. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in leg at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '62, ', 
mustered out with company July 7,J64.. 

Perkey, Charles; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged at New Market, Va., May 10, '62, by order of War 
Department. 

Perkey, William; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; discharged at Bolivar Heights, Va., Nov. 25, '62, by order of 
War Department. 

Phipps, Louis T. ; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; no record found. 

Quackenbush, James; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Ramaler, Abraham ; private ; E. S. Aug. 22, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department ; died . 

Raynor, Homer P. ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; died at Cumberland, Md., Feb. 5, '62. 

Reed, William S. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Feb. 
I, '62, by order of War Department. 

Reiter, Isaac; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
July 2, '61, on account of reenlistment for 3 yrs. service in Co. G 26th 
O. V. I.; missing at battle of Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, '62; no fur- 
ther record found. 

RoBBiNS, Francis ; private ; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Robinson, James H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mo?.; mustered 
out Aug. 18. '61. 

Shaffer, Hiram; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs; wounded in foot 



REGIMENTAL, ROSTER. C(J. H 609 

at battle of Cedar Mountain, \'a.. Aug. 9, '62; in ln>si>ilal at riiiladel 
phia. Pa.; nuistcrccl out July 7, '64, by order of War Department. 

Shafi'Kr, H.\rrison p.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, j mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; died at Champion, Ohio, June 6, '62. 

Simons, Georck; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Smith, Thomas J.; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, "61. 

Snyder, Wii.lia.m H. ; private; E. S. .Xpril 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

SouLE, Warren B. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

SrERRV. Hesakiah ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; missing at 
battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, "63; discharged Sept. 3, '63. 

Stone, Russell; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 19. '61, 
3 yrs.; mustered out as private Co. D June 19, '61. on account of re- 
enlistment in 3 yrs. service; discharged Oct. i, '61, on surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability; reenlisted Aug. 30, '62; missing since battle of 
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; returned to duty ; transferred to Co. 
G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; appointed sergeant April i, '65; mustered 
jut June 21, '65. by order War Department. 

Sl'mmerville, David W. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 
'6i. 3 yrs.; discharged at Williamsport, Md., June 4, '62, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Swisher, Frederick S. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; detached 
as clerk for Gen. E. B. Tyler; discharged at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 31, 
'62, by order of Gen. Wool. 

Swisher, George B.; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at bat- 
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Tenney, Charles N. ; private; E. S. April 25. '6i, 3 mos., June 20. 
"61, 3 vrs. ; died at Harper's Ferry, Va., June 14. '63. 

Tracy, William H. ; private; E. S. May 31, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out with companv Julv 7, '64. 

Van Gorder. John E. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Van Wye, John C. ; private; E S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61. 
3 yrs. ; discharged at Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 22, '62, by order of War 
Department. 

Walden. Hubbard J.; private; E. S. May 30, '61. 3 yrs.; discharged 
at Providence, R. I., Nov. 3, '62, by order of War Department; died 

Webster, Alfred: private; E. S. May 30. '61, 3 yrs.; detailed as 
teamster ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Weir. Henry A.; private; E. S. .April 25, '61, 3 mos.. June 20. Tn, 
3 vrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, "64. 

White, Addison; private; E. S. May 30. '61. 3 yrs.; wounded in hip 
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27. '^)3 ; mustered out with company 
July 7, '64; died Mav 9, '01. 

White. Daniel W. : private; E. S. .Xug. 30, "62. 3 yrs.; discharged 
Aug. I, '6^, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

White/Riley; private; E. S. Oct. 7. '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at Boli- 

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var Heights, Va., Nov. 25, '62, by order of War Department ; reenlisted 
Feb. 7, '65, in Co. H, 184th O. V. I. ; discharged Sept. 19, '65. 

White, Samuel S. ; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred 
to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

Williams, Edwin ; private ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Williams, John S. ; private; E. S. April 25, "61, 3 mos., June 20, 
3 yrs.; discharged at New Market, Va., May 10, '62, by order of War 
Department. 

Wilson, Benjamin; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
head at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out with 
company July 7, '64; died . 

Wilson, William H. ; private; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Wise, Archibald; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Williamsport, Md., June 4, '62, by order of War Department. 

Wise, Samuel J. ; private; E. S. May 30, '61, 3 yrs. ; no record found. 

Woods, Lyman N. ; private; E. S. April 25;, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Wright, Harry; private; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in right 
arm at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; wounded in left leg at 
battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., 
Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War Department. 

Wynans, Alonzo; private; E. S. Sept. 11, '62, 3 yrs.; no record 
found. 

ROSTER OF COMPANY I, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

Sterling, William R. ; captain; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in right leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62; detached on staff of Gen. Butterfield Sept. 17, '62; taken 
prisoner while on a scouting expedition near Aldie, Va., about June 
17. '63; escaped and returned to duty; mustered out with company 
July 6, '64; died . 

McClelland, Samuel; ist lieut. ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 
'61, 3 yrs.; promoted to lieut-col. Dec. i, '63; see Field and Staff. 

Reed, Seymour S. ; ist lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; promoted to captain Co. B, Nov. 2, '62 ; see Co. B. 

King, Leicester; ist Heut. ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; for record see Field and Staff. 

Fitch, Edward F., 2d lieut. ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61, 
3 yrs.; resigned Nov. 23, '61. 

Cryne, Joseph ; 2d Heut. ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out as private Co. B June 17, '61, on account of re- 
enlistment in 3 yrs. service ; appointed sergeant ; promoted tc 2d lieut. 
July 23, '62; assigned to Co. I May 25, '63; killed at battle of Ring- 
gold, Ga.. Nov. 27, '63. 

Ross, Joseph H. ; ist sergt. ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; promoted to 2d lieut. Co. C March i, '62; see Co. C. 

McClelland, Robert; ist sergt.; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 30, '61; promoted to ist sergt. 
March i, '62; killed at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64. 

Couch, Edward J.; ist sergt.'; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 19, '61 ; promoted to sergeant Dec. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER, CO. I 6l I 

25, '62; promoted to ist scrgt., May 25, '64; mustered out witli com- 
pany July 6, '64. 

Christy. William ; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.. June 19. "^i. 
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant April 30, '61 ; detailed as sergeant for ambu- 
lance corps Nov. 4, '62; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Crowley, William; sergeant; E. S. April 24, 'Oi. 3 mos., June ig, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 19, '61; promoted to sergeant April 
30, '63; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Deeds, Hiram B.; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19. '61. 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal July i, '62; promoted to sergeant March i, 
'64; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar xMountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; 
wounded in right hand at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mus- 
tered out with companv Julv 6, '64. 

HouCK, William; sergeant; E. S. Dec. 14, '61., 3 yrs; mustered as 
private; appointed sergeant Jan. i, '62; died at Georgetown, D. C, 
June 25, '62. 

Kelley, Andrew J.; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June U), 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant; wounded at battle of Winchester. Va., 
March 23, '62; died of wounds March 27, '62; body removed to Na- 
tional Cemeterv at Winchester, Va. 

HousEL. Jam'es; sergeant; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral; promoted to sergeant May i, '62; wounded in hand at battle 
of Antictam. Md.. Sept. 17, '62; discharged April 6, '63, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

MosiER, Stephen; sergeant; E. S. Feb. 10, '62, 3 yrs.; appomted ser- 
geant May 26, "64; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; pro- 
moted to 1st sergt. ; discharged on expiration of term of service. 

Ruby. Augustus; sergeant; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. , 

Ray, John S. ; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61. 3 '"os.. June 19. 61. 3 
yrs.; appointed corporal Oct. 10, '62; wounded at battle of Cedar 
"Mountain. Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out with company July 6. '64. 

Jones. William J.; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61. 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Oct. 18, '62 ; mustered out with company July 6. '64. 

WiLLiCK, John Stephen; corporal; E. S. June 19. '61, 3 yrs.: ap- 
pointed corporal Oct. 18. '62; wounded in ankle at battle of Dumfries, 
Va., Dec. 27, '62; mustered out with company July 6. "64. 

Cow'DEN, Reynolds S. ; corporal; E. S. April 24. '61. 3 mos., June 19. 

'61. 3 yrs.; appointed corporal May 25. '64; mustered out with company 

Julv 6, '64. ,^ , 

Seikold, Gebhard; corporal: E. S. June 19. 61. 3 yrs.: appointed 

corporal May 25. '64; mustered out with company July 6. '64. 

Smith. Charle.s; corporal; E. S. Juno 19. '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral May 25, '64; wounded in battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. Aug. 
9. '62; mustered out with company July 6. "64. 

Cowdkn. Charles I..; corporal; IC. S. June 3. '61. 3 yrs.: appointed 
corporal Mav 25. '64: wounded in left thigh at battle of Chanccllors- 
ville. Va.. ^iav"2. '61: wounded in right thigh at battle near Dallas. 
Ga. ; died fmiii wounds at Nashville. Tenn.. June 14. '64; body removed 
to National Cemeterv at Nashville. Tenn. 

Dicks. John D. : corporal: E. S. June .^, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral ; drowned in Kanawha River, Nov. 4. '6r. 
jAcr.:ON, Alfred; corporal; E. S. June 19, *6i, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 



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poral ; severely wounded in knee at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62; died of wounds in hospital at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 11, '62; 
body removed to National Cemetery at Alexandria, Va. 

McKenzie, John; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; no record 
found. 

Bersett, Charles; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; captured at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., 
Aug. 26, '61 ; no further record found. 

Bell, James A.; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; wounded in foot at battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., Aug. g, '62; discharged from hospital at Washington, D. C, 
Nov. II, '62, by order of War Department. 

Jackson, John C. ; corporal; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal July i, '62; discharged Oct. 24, '62, by order of War Depart- 
ment to enlist in United States regular service. 

Manning, John J.; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal ; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; dis- 
charged May 12, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Kno;-:. Clark; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 
yrs. ; appomted corporal Dec. 25, '61 ; wounded in right arm at battle 
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, "62 ; discharged Sept. 14, '62, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disability. 

Pratt, Theodore W. ; corporal; E. S. Dec. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal April i, '62; transferred to Co. G 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; 
mustered out June 21, '65, by order of War Department. 

McFaddEn, John; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; died at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 30, '62; body removed to National 
Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md. 

Pollock, Lewis N.; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Hamilton, Jesse; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Predmore, Charles F. ; corporal; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Fairgrieve, William; musician; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; transfer- 
red to regimental band July 10, '61; mustered out with band at Wash- 
ington, D. C, July 5, '62. 

Andrews, William; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; no record 
found. 

Basine, Charles ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; no further record found. 

Beiler, John; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 
yrs.; missing in action at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, '62; returned 
to duty; transferred to Co. B 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, "64; mustered out 
June 5, '65, by order of War Department. 

Birch, Andrew F. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Birch, Anson F. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Birch, William; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; dis- 
charged at Columbus, O., Sept. 29, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER. CO. I 613 

Bisr, James; private; E. S. April 24, '61, .1 mos., June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; 
killed at battle of Winchester, Va., iMarcli 2^, 'Oj ; body removed to Na- 
tional Cemetery at Winchester, Va. 

BisPHAM, M'akkkuu; private; E. S. June 19, "(ji, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
right eye and leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va, Aug. 9, '62; dis- 
charged April I, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disai)ility. 

Brister, John; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, "61. 

Brothers, John W. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Brown, John V.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; accidentally 
wounded in right hand; discharged April i, '63, on surgeon's certificate 
of disabilitv. 

Bryant. 'Cau:b L. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded in shoulder at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; 
no further record found. 

Burton, Alonzo H.; private; E. S. Dec. 14, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at bat- 
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Byers. W. S. , private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Campbell, Michael; private; E. S. April 24, "61. 3 nios., June 19. 61. 
3 yrs.; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., 
June 9, '62 ; no further record found. 

Cecil, Lemuel J.; private; E. S. April 24, '61. 3 mos., June 19. '61. 
3 yrs.; died at Charleston, Va., Oct. 20, '61. 

Clemens, Henry; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; mustered out July 6, '64, by 
order of War Department. 

Coffman, Joseph; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 ys- ; no record 
found. 

Collier, Gilson; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. T -/: 

Conneller, Alfred; private; E. S. April 24. '61. 3 mos.. June 19. 61. 
3 yrs. ; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 26, '63. by order of War De- 
partment. 

Cook, Sylvester; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. , 

Cooper, Daniel; private; E. S. April 24. "61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. , r • 1 

Crooks, Abraham D. ; private; E. S. June 3. 61. 3 yrs.; left m hos- 
pital at Camp Dcnnison, Ohio, June 27, "61 ; died at Youngstown. Ohio. 
Nov. 20, '61. T •/- 

Daily, Davh) M.: private; E. S. April 24, 61. 3 mos., June 19. 61. 
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26. "61 ; discharge! 
May 9, '62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Davis, BENrA^.IN; private; E. S. June 10, "61, 3 yrs.: disch.irKed at 
Providence R I , Dec. 12, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Debold, John C. ; private; E. S. April 24. Vii, 3 mos , June uy Ci. 
1 vrs. ; mustered out with company July 6, '64; died Jan 31. 01. 

Decker, James; private; K. S. April 24. '61. 3 mos., June 19, 61 3 
yrs.; wounded in leg at battle <.f Port Republic. Va., June 9. <>-•: 
wounded in ri^dit knee at battle of Ringgold. Ga.. Nov. 27. 63: mus- 
tered out with eonii/any July 6, '64. 



6l4 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Deeds, Joseph B. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; died of 
wounds at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 13, '64; body removed to National 
Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Deemer, Charles B.; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Doran, Thomas B. ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; transferred to Vet. Res. 
Corps, March 16, '64, by order of W^ar Department ; died 

Duncan, William H. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Earl, George A.; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 
yrs.; wounded in both legs at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 
'62; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Earl, William W.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
Oct. II, '62, by order of War Department to enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry. 

Edwards, Henry G. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 mos. No record 
found. 

Elliott, Richard W. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Evans, John; private; E. S., June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 6, '64; died Dec. 6, '05. 

Evans, William J.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; detached to 
Pioneer Corps April 11, '62; returned to company for duty; wounded 
in left shoulder at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64. 

Ferguson, Robert J.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
arm at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; sent home by surgeon 
in hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15, '61 ; no further record found. 

Field, Thomas; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Fishcorn, John ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at bat- 
tle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds at 
hospital at Washington, D. C, Dec. 22, '62. 

Fitch, Christian E. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out June 19, '61, to enlist in 3 years' service in Co. E, 23d O. V. I. ; ap- 
pointed corporal Aug. 2, '64 ; promoted to sergeant ; mustered out as 
veteran July 26, '65. 

Fowler, Ralph; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Fox, George; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; 
killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Fraher, William; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
back and shoulder at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64 ; died . 

Fredenberg, John N.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged April 
II, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Freeman, Richard M. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in right thigh at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64. 

Gale, Christopher G. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, 
'61, 3 yrs. ; detached as nurse and sent with wounded from battle of 



REGIMENTAIy ROSTER, CO. I 615 

Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62, to Clifton Hospital at Washington, D. 
C. ; mustered out July 6, '64, by order of War Department. 

Carlo, Henry; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged Feb. 
I, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability; died 

Cordon, Anthony; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
left arm at battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Nov. 24, '63; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64. 

Graham, Eujah J.; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered 
out July 7, '61, to reenlist in Co. G, 26th O. V. I.; mustered out Oct. 
21, '65, as veteran. 

Creer, James R.; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded in thigh at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; 
discharged at Romney, Va., Dec. 22, '61, on surgeon's certificate of 
disability. 

Hall, Frederick R.; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19. 
'61, 3 yrs.; detached as ambulance driver at Alexandria, Va., July, '6j ; 
returned to duty ; wounded in right ankle at battle of Ringgold, Ca., 
Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Hedington, Oliver; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Heisley, Jacob; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; detached as 
guard to ammunition train ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 

Hudson, Stephen S. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Jack. Garvin; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 
yrs. ; discharged Oct. 14, '62, to enlist in 6th U. S. Cavalry. 

Johnson, Daniel H.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 ys. ; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26. '61 ; discharged at Colum- 
bus, Ohio, Nov. 18, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Johnson, James; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19. '61. 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26, '61 ; dis- 
charged at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 24, '62. by order of War Department. 

Kelley, WILLL^M; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
right shoulder at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64. 

Kemp, Samuel P.; private; E. S. April 24. '61, 3 mos., June 19. 61. 
3 yrs. ; wounded in knee at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. Aug. 9. 62 ; 
discharged Oct. 20, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Lally, Michael H.; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. No record 
found. , 

Larkin. Ferdy; private; E. S. June 19. '61. 3 vrs. ; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61. No further record found. 

Lewis, Henry; private; E. S. June 3, '61. 3 yrs.; w.ninded in ]ynh 
hands and right arm at battle of Chancellorsville. Va.. May 2. 03; 
mustered out from hospital Julv 6. '64. by order of War Department. 

Llewellyn. Morgan; private; E. S. June 19. '61, 3 yrs- : taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26. '61. No further record 
found. , 

McCartin, John; private; E. S. April 24, 61. 3 mos.; mustered out 

Aug. 18, '61. .. .^ .1 

McKee, Edwin D. ; private; E. S. April 24. 61. 3 mos.; mustered 

out Aug. 18, '61. .^ 1.11 

Metcalf, George; private; E. S. Dec. 17. 61. 3 yrs.; detailed as 



6l6 SEVENTH RE;GIME:nT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

musician in regimental band ; transferred to Co. B, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 
31, '64; discharged on expiration of term of service. 

Moore, Ashma; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Moore, Hugh, Jr.; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged at 
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 27, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Morgan, Reynolds; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out July 25, '61, to reenlist in Co. G, 26th O. V. I. ; mustered out July 
25, '64, at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

MullETT, Jacob; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 
yrs.; died in hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Oct. 23, '63. 

Neney, Thomas; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

iSlEviLLE, Patrick; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Newman, Henry C. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

OwREY, Martin V.; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; sent home 
on sick furlough Aug. 4, '61 ; discharged Oct. 24, '62, on surgeon's cer- 
tificate of disability. 

Palmer, Randall B. ; private; E. S. Dec. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
from hospital at Georgetown, D. C, July 22, '62, on surgeon's certificate 
of disability. 

Patton, Robert M. ; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64 ; died . 

Phillips, Richard; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded at 
battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; discharged July 15, '62, on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Pierce, Samuel; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; sent homo on 
sick furlough Aug. 4, '61. No further record found. 

Powers, John E. ; private ; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Ray, James P.; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of 
Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

Rice, Charles E. ; private; E. S. June 4, '61, 3 yrs.; sent to hospital 
at Alexandria, Va., July 11, '62; mustered out July 6, '64, by order of 
War Department ; died June 25, '98. 

Schneider, Adam; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; missing in 
action at battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec, 27, '62; returned to duty; mus- 
tered out with company July 6, '64; died 

ScHAAE, James C. ; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 
3 yrs. ; died at Charleston, Va., Oct. 21, '61. 

Shannon, John; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; sent home on 
sick furlough Dec. 2, '61; died at Girard, Ohio, Feb. 21, '62. 

Sims. Bustaments; private; E. S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered 
out with company July 6, '64. 

Smith, John; private; E, S. June 19, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in head 
at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; mustered out with com- 
pany July 6, '64. 

Snyder, James; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; June 19, '61, 3 
yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va.. Aug. 26, '61 ; re- 
turned to duty ; mustered out with company July 6, '64. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTER. CO. I ''"z 

SouER, Hknry; private; E. S. June 19. '61, 3 yrs.; discharged June 
28 '62, on surgeon's ceriiticatc of disability. 

SouER, Michael; private; E. S. April 24. 'Ci, 3 mos June 9. Oi. 
^ vrs • discharged June 28, '62. on surgeon's certificate of disability. 
^ SiiTBURX- John; private; E. S. April 24. '61. 3 mos.; mustered out 

"^fTErHENsoN, James D. ; private; E. S June 19. '61, 3 yr^-". killed 
at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9. 62. 

S?ewart,Chauncey; private; E. S. April 24. •6.. 3 mos.; must.red 

^"sT^S^MfN^'^WiLUAM F.; private; E. S. April 24, •6.. 3 mos.; nuis- 

'"TLT^oultiy^t^■ E S.April 24, -61. 3 mos.; mustered out June 
25 6i!'tl reenlist in Co G 26th O. V. I.; killed at battle of Stone 

^SJirVN^S^' S; private; E. S. April 24, 'a.. 3 mos.; mus- 
"THr^N^GlcJv.W.; priv^; E- S. June 19. ;6i 3 y-. taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, 61 , no further record 

^°Vaie. Hiram J.; private; E. S. April 24, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
^Van\'mburch, Frank L.; private; E. S. June 3. 'ei, 3 vrs.; no 

further record found. ^^ o a -i o. -At 1 mns Tunc 10 

Waldorf, William; priv-ate ; E. S. April 24. 61 .3 mos June 19. 

■61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of Cedar M-ntain Va Au^- 9- ^^ ^^^, ,,, 
Walker, Allen; private, E. b. June 3. "i. J >'=• 

withcompany July6, -64;. died— .^ , ^os. ; mustered 

Wallace, Samlel; private; E. b. April 24, 01, 3 

out Aug. 18, '61. T- c T ,. -, 'At ^ vrs • discharccd Nov. 

White Paul C; private; E. S. June 3. 01, 3 >rs., aiscnart,tu 

•6., by order of War Dcpar.mcn, «" ™'- '^f']^ H„S-,C-^,' >j„„e „, 
5, •6.i'di.d,ar,ed Jan. 20, 'e,,, on surgeons ?-" -. -^'.Jj^^ a, 

''w,'IIZ;ms. Thomas D.; private; E. S. April ^4. '6.. | mo^^ J-"" 'J 
■6,, 3 yrs.; wounded in side a. battle of Cedar Mo.m.an.Va g^* 
'62; transferred 10 Co. B. Sib O. V. I.. Oet. 3'- 04. •■« 
poral; mnstered ont as veter,-in July 26 65 •6,,, vrs.; Irans- 

fe^Jed'-;o"co.'B""5:b O^.T^ScV, .^'i 'l ;''rpp^i.i.c.l^'cirpora, ; tnus. 
tered out with company July 26, 6^ mustered out 

Wilson. John; private; E. b. Jim<^ '• ^ '• -^ • 

with company July 6. '64. . , . n- o i.,„., , -(3, , yrs. ; discharged 
Wilson. William G.: private; E. ^ J ""«■,]."'• -^^ > 

Sept. 15. ;63. on surgeon's -rt.ficjite of d.^ b, ity ^.^^^^^^^^^^ ^,^^^. ^^ 
Wood, Lewis; private; E. b. ^fF -^^ •' - 

•62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 



6i8 seve;nth regiment ohio volunteer ineantry 

ROSTER OF COMPANY K, SEVENTH REGIMENT O. V. I. 

ScHUTTE, John F.; captain; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out as ist lieut. June 17, '61, to accept promotion to 
captain in 3 years' service; killed in a skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., 
Aug. 20, '61. 

Cross, Judson N.; captain; E. S. April 29, '61, 3 mos., June 17, 61, 
3 yrs. For record see Co. C. 

Krieger, Ernst J.; captain; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 61, 
3 yrs.; appointed ist sergt. June 20, '61; promoted to ist lieut. April 
13, '62; promoted to captain Feb. 9, '63; wounded in right arm at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; wounded in head at battle of 
Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; mustered out with company July 7, '64; 
reentered service as major 177th O. V. L, Sept. 23, '64; mustered out 
with regiment June 24, '65; died March 14, '81. 

Wiseman, John J.; captain; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out June 20, '61; appointed Heut.-col. 41st O. V. L, Aug. 7, '61; re- 
signed March i, '62; appointed lieut.-col. 84th O. V. L, June 7, '62, and 
detached on duty at Washington, D. C. ; mustered out with regiment 
Sept. 20, '62; appointed captain Co. D, isoth O. V. L, May 2, '64; 
mustered out with company Aug. 23, '64; died 

NiTSCHELM, Charles F. ; ist lieut; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
17, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out as sergeant June 17, '61, to accept promo- 
tion to 1st lieut. in 3 years' service; resigned April 12, '62; reenlisted 
in 20th Ohio Independent Battery Aug. 28, '62; appointed sergeant; 
promoted to ist sergt. May, '63; promoted to 2d lieut. May 22, '63; 
promoted to ist lieut. Nov. 25, '63; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 
15, '64. 

Nesper, Christian W.; ist lieut.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 
20, '61, 3 yrs. ; promoted to captain Co. H, March 19, '64. See Co H. 

Sterl, Oscar W. ; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 20, '61, 3 mos., June 17, '61, 
3 yrs.; promoted to ist lieut. Feb. 5, '62, and assigned to Co. F; re- 
signed April 18, '62; appointed captain Co. A, 104th 0~. V. I., July 11, 
'62; promoted to major Dec. 9, '62; promoted to lieut.-col. Jan. 2, '63; 
promoted to colonel Aug. 11, '64; mustered out with regiment June 

17, '65- 

Hopkins, Marcus S. ; 2d lieut.; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs. See Field and Stafif. 

HiNKSTON, Eemer; 1st sergt.; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal; promoted to sergeant Aug. 9, '62; promoted to ist sergt. 
Feb. 18, '63; wounded in right ear at battle of Chancellorsville, Va., 
May 3, '63; mortally wounded in right leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., 
Nov. 27, '63; died of wounds at Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 21, '64; body 
removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Lauterwasser, Wieeiam ; ist sergt.; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., 
June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant; promoted to ist sergt. and 
detailed as color sergeant; wounded at battle of Port Republic, Va., 
June 9, '62; right arm amputated and died at Clifton hospital, Wash- 
ington, D. C., July 30, '62 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Sol- 
diers' Home, D. C. 

LuDwiG, Charles; ist sergt.; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal Aug. 9, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, '63; promoted to 
1st sergt. Feb. i, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 



REGIMENTAL, ROSTER, CO. K C)l(J 

Voces, William; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; killed at battle of Port Repub- 
lic, Va., June 9, '62. 

KoHLMANN, Adouth ; scrgcant ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed sergeant June 20, '61; taken prisoner at battle 
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died at New Orleans, La., Nov. 13. 
•61. 

Grebe, James; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant July 

1, '62; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; wounded 
in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; died of wounds 
at Alexandria, Va., Aug. 27, '62; body removed to National Cemetery 
at Alexandria, Va. 

ScHiNKici-, Frederick; seigeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 20, '61; promoted to sergeant 
May I, '62; missing at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, "62; 
no further record found. 

BoHM, Edward H. ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 
'61, 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant June 20, '61 ; promoted to 2d lieut. Nov. 

2, '62, and assigned to Co. D; promoted to ist lieut. Nov. i. '63, and 
assigned to Co. B; detached to command of Co. I. On Aug. 20, '61, 
Bohm was detailed in command of a reconnoitering expedition to find 
and observe the movements of the enemy near Carnifax Ferry, and 
came in contact with two companies of rebel cavalry, in which several 
of his men were wounded, including Capt. John F. Schutte, who accom- 
panied the expedition in citizen's clothes, and was mortally wounded. 
At the request of Capt. Schutte to leave him and save tiiemsclves many 
escaped. Sergt. Bohm and Private Henry Weisenbach refused to 
leave their captain, and both were taken prisoner and sent to Libby 
Prison at Richmond. About the middle of October, '61, Bohm and all 
of the Seventh Regiment prisoners who were captured at the battle of 
Cross Lanes, Aug. 26, '61, \rith others sufficient to make 510 were sent 
to New Orleans as hostages for 51 privateers captured off Charleston 
and held as pirates. On Feb. 7, '62, all of the New Orleans prisoners 
were sent to Salisburv. N. C, and confined in an old cotton mill. On 
May 26, '62, Bohm and about 1.800 other prisoners were paroled and 
sent north, arriving at Cleveland, Ohio. June 5, '62. About June 20. 
'62, Bohm mustered nearly all of the paroled prisoners of the S'ventli 
Regiment for their first pav at Columbus, Ohio. On July 20, '62. he 
was entrusted bv Oipt. A. B. Dodd. i.sih U. S. Infantry, military com- 
mander at Columbus, Ohio, with the duty of organizing the pimlol 
pri.soners at Camp Chase into a company for service as provost gu:irds 
which command he hekl until Feb., '63. Having been exchanged he 
was placed in command of 120 other exchanged men of the .Seventh .in« 
started to join the regiment, arriving March 17. '63. He was wouimKm 
in the left arm at the battle of Ringgold. C.a.. Nov. 27. 63; mustered 
out with companv at Cleveland, Ohio, July 7. "64. 

RocHon-E, Hexrv-, sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.. June 20. 61. 
3 yrs.; promoted to sergeant May i. '62; discharged July 10. 02. on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. .. .^ t ^ 

Butzmann, Wii.uam ; sergeant; E. S. April 22, 61. 3 nios.. June 20. 
'61. 3 yrs.; appointed corporal June 25. "61 ; promoted to sergeant .Aug. 
I, '62; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23. ' ■ ' 



620 SE;vENTH regiment OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

charged at Dumfries, Va., Feb. i8, '62,, on surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility. 

StraehlE, Henry; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant and de- 
tailed as color sergeant; discharged ^o\. 26, "62, on surgeon's certifi- 
cate of disability; subsequently entered U. S. Navy and served one 
year in Mississippi River squadron; reenlisted as private in Co. I, 177th 
O. V. I., Sept. 28, "64; appointed color sergeant; mustered out with 
company June 24, '65. 

SoHL, George; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 3, '63; wounded at battle of Cedar 
Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; wounded at battle near Dallas, Ga., May 
25, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

HaefeeE, John; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed sergeant April 10, '63; mustered out with company 
July 7, '64. 

ScHAUB, Hermann; sergeant; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
sergeant Nov. i, '62 ; discharged at Dumfries, Va., April 3, '63, on sur- 
geon's certificate of disability. 

KuRZ, Jacob; sergeant; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral Aug. 9, '62; promoted to sergeant Jan. i, '63; wounded in side 
at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; discharged for wounds at 
Baltimore, Md., April 10, '63. 

Kick, Andrew; sergeant; E. S. Oct. 5, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed cor- 
poral April I, '63; promoted to sergeant; transferred to detachment 
of recruits and assigned to 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64. 

Haltnorth, Frederick; sergeant; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos.; m.us- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Pfahl, Christian; sergeant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

SoMMER. Conrad; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Nov. i, '62; wounded in left arm at battle 
of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62 ; wounded at battle near Dallas, Ga., 
May 25, '64; mustered out with company July 7, '64; died 

ScHOTT, John; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal March i, '63; mustered out with company 
July 7, '64. 

Lehr, William ; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61. 3 
yrs.; appointed corporal Feb. i, '62; wounded at battle of Winchester, 
Va., March 23, '62 ; left leg amputated ; discharged for wounds July 
3, '62. 

Denzel, George; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs.; appointed corporal Feb. i, '62; wounded in skirmish near 
Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., 
March 23, '62; discharged for wounds July 21, '62. 

Reisse, Christian; corporal; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; appointed 
corporal June 20, '61 ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 
'62; discharged for wounds July 21, '62. 

HuMMELL, John; corporal; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; appointed corporal ; wounded in hip at battle of Port Republic, 
Va., June 9, '62 ; wounded in leg at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9, '62; discharged for wounds Oct. 27, '62; died 

Weber, William ; corporal ; E. S. Aug. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; appointed 



REGIMKXTAI. K()ST1;k, CO. K. C}21 

corporal April i, '63; transferrcc! to (ktacliniciit of recruits and as- 
signed to 5th O. V. I. Oct. 31, '64. 

DoRN, John; musician; E. S. .April j_', '61, 3 inos., June jo, 'Oi, 3 
yrs. No record found. 

Kind, Pktkr; musician; H. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 20, '(m, 3 
yrs.; discharged Oct. 2, '61, on surgeon's certificate of disahility. 

AcKKRMANN, Hknry; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., .\ug. 26, '61 : returneil to duty 
March 17, '63; killed at battle of Chancellorsvillc, Va., May 3, '63. 

Ambrustkr, Constantine; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; dis- 
charged at York, Pa., Feb. 19, '63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Anthony, Fhhjp; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
right leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; dischar}.;ed for 
wounds Sept. i, '62. 

Bai'Kr, John; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out with 
company July 7, '64. 

Baukr, Nicholas; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in leg 
at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; mustered out with company 
July 7, '64. 

Beil. Sicmund; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.. June 20, '61, 3 
yrs.; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61; 
paroled ; discharged July 2S, "62. by order of War Department. 

Bock, Freperick ; private; E. S. .April 22, "61, 3 mos.. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Boedeker, August; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

BoTT, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; 
no record found. 

Breidenbach, Chari.es; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; wounded in head at battle of Antietam. Md., Sept. 17, '62; 
discharged for wounds at Smoketown. Md., Dec. 16. '62. 

Brown. Henry; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Brown, Philip; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, "51. 

Bruckelmayer. Freperick; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; t.-'.kcn 
prisoner in skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., .Aug. 20, '61; paroled; dis- 
charged July 26, '62, by order of War Department. 

BrcHMANN, Conrad; private; E. S. Oct. 5. *6i, 3 yrs.; discharRcd 
at Washington, D. C, Nov. 27, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disa- 
bility; reenlisted Dec. 28, '63; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. L. Oct. 
31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65. 

BuRf.ER. Albert; private; E. S. June 3. '''i. .1 y^- : wounded at bat- 
tle near Dallas, Ga., May 25, '64; mustered out with company July 7. 

•64- 

Cliff, Edward; private; E. S. April 22, '6\. 3 nios. ; mustered out 

.Aug. 18, '6r. 

CoLRRiN, Tohn; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in rij-ht arm at battle of Port Republic. Va.. June 9, 
'62; discharged Julv 10, '62, by order of War Department. 

Dehmel, Ions; private; E. S. June 3. '61. 3 yrs,; discharged. 

Dietrich. Frank; private: E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.. June 20, *6i. 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Winchester. Va., March 23, '62. 



622 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

DiETz, Coney ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in back 
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 2T, '63; transferred to Co. G, 5th O. 
V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out July 26, '65. 

Doll, John W. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; wounded at battle 
of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; died of wounds Sept. 10, '61. 

Dorr, David F. ; private ; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in head 
at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '()Z\ transferred to detachment of 
recruits and assigned to 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64. 

DuNToN, Edwin; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged. 

Faubel, Henry; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ; 
returned to duty March 17, '63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Fenz, Engelbert; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ; returned to duty 
March 17, 'dz; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Fetzer, Herman; private; E. S. March 28, '62, 3 yrs.; wounded 
in leg at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; wounded in left 
leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; leg amputated ; discharged 
for wounds June 14, '64; died . 

Frank, Henry; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

FuRST, Jacob; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

GeisslEr, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died of 
wounds Aug. 28, '61. 

Glaser, Emil; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; discharged. 

Graeter, Charles; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
leg at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, "62; leg amputated; dis- 
charged for wounds Dec. 19, '62. 

Greiner, Charles H.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. 

Greve, Jacob; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Gruenwald, Gottlieb; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; paroled; dis- 
charged July 26, '62, by order of War Department. 

Hahn, Christian; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64. 

HoEhn, Henry; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61 ; died . 

Hahn, Sebastian; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Happig, Tobias; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty March 
17) '63; wounded in right hand at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '6},; 
mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Haskel, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26. '61 ; 
transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade by order of War Depart- 
ment. 

Hege, Jacob H. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs.; discharged July 21, '62, by order of War Department. 



RKGIMKN'TM, KOSTKK, Co. K 623 

Ho?FMAN, Georok; private; H. S. Ajjril 22, '61. 3 mos.. June 20, '61. 
3 yrs. ; absent sick; niustcrcd out July 7. '64, by order of War De- 
partment. 

Hoi-i'MAN, Henry; private; K. S. Aur. 25. '62, 3 yrs.; woundtd in 
head at battle of Chancellorsvillc. Va.. May 3. '63; transferred to de- 
tachment of recruits and assigned to 5th O. V. I., Oct. .v, '64; dic«l 

jASSAun, Frederick; private; E. S. June 3. '61, t, yrs.; discharged 
at CoUmibus. O., July 24. '62, by order of War Department ; subse- 
quently reentered service in a rcRinunt of U. S. Col. Cavalry, became 
adjutant of the regiment and mustered out at end of war. 

Karbacher, Franz; private; E. S. April 22, '61. ,1 mos.. June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Winchester. Va., March 23. '62. 

Kastlen, Joseph; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; nnistered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Kastlen, Samuel; private; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos.; nnistered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Kraus. Christian F. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61 ; died . 

KuLLMER, Michael; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18. '61. 

T.AHR, Henry; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at 
Winchester, Va.,; paroled; discharged June 27, '62, by order of War 
Department. 

LiNioER. John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; nnistered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

LoRENZ, Frank; private; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Winchester. Va., March 23, '62. 

LuETKE, John; private; E. S. Oct. ?, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in head 
and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 0, '62; no 
record of muster out found. 

Maeder. Vincent; private; E. S. June 3. '61; killed at battle of 
Cedar Mountain. Va.. Aug. 0. '(>2. 

Malchus. Andrew; private; E. S. .April 22. '61. 3 mos.. June 20, 
'61. 3 yrs. ; wounded at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., .\ug. 20, '61 ; 
discharged for wounds Oct. 14, '61. 

Merkel. Mathias; private; E. S. June 3. '61, 3 yrs.; taken pris- 
oner at battle of Cro';<: Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged at Colum- 
bus. O., Feb. 28. '63. by order of War Department. 

Michael. Frederick; private; E. S. June 3. '61. 3 yrs.; wounded in 
shoulder and leg at battle of Cedar Mountain. Va.. Aug. Q. '62; dis- 
charged for wounds at Washineton. D. C, Nov. 26, '62. 

Miller, John G. ; private; E. S. June 3. '61, 3 vrs. ; taken pri>;oncr 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26. '61; paroled; no further record 
found. 

Miller. Theodore; private; E. S. June 3. '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Columbus. O. 

MiELi.ER. Frank; private; E. S. June 3. '^i. .1 vrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cedar ^Tnuntain. Va.. Aug. o. '62; returned to duty Oct.. 
'62; mustered out with companv. Julv 7. '64. 

Mueller. Jacob: private; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 



624 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

MuNZ, John ; private ; E. S. Oct. 8, '61, 3 yrs. ; died in hospital^ at 
Cumberland, Md., Feb. 24, '62. 

Nock, Jacob; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 yrs. ; 
wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62; died from 
wounds April 2, '62 ; body removed to National Cemetery at Win- 
chester, Va. 

Novak, John ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Obacht, Georgi;; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Oettinger, Christian; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at laattle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; paroled; trans- 
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; sent to hospital April 25, 
'65; mustered out at McDougal Hospital, New York, May 31, '65; 
wounded at battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, '64. 

Oswald, Conrad; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Perley, Victor; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62; killed at battle of 
Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63. 

Pfahl, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded in arm at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62 ; 
killed at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; body removed to Na- 
tional Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. 

Popp, GotliEb; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged Oct. 2, 
'61, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Raeber, John; private; E. S. Oct. 7, "61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle of 
Port Republic, Va.j June 9, "62. 

RaquETT, George; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at Bristow Station, Va., Sept., '62; paroled and exchanged; wounded 
in left leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63 ; mustered out with 
company July 7, '64 ; died . 

Reed, Henry L. ; private ; E. S. Sept. 27, '62, 3 yrs. ; no record 
found. 

ReilEy, John ; private ; E. S. Aug. 30, '62, 3 yrs. ; no record found. 

Renner, John C. ; private ; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs. ; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64. 

Renz, Solomon; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; returned to duty March 17, 
'63; wounded in right thigh at battle of Chancellorsville. Va., May 3, 
'63 ; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Rich, Charles; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded and 
taken prisoner at skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, '61 ; dis- 
charged July 26, '62, by order of War Department. 

Ritchie, William; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs; wounded at 
battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; discharged for wounds Feb. 
2, '62. 

Rosel, William; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20> '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62 ; died 
from wounds in hospital at Frederick City, Md., June i, '62; body re- 
moved to National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Md. 

Rottman. Henry B. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

RowE, Joseph ; private ; E. S. Aug. 21, '62, 3 yrs. ; wounded in left 



REGIMI^NTAI. KOSTI'R, CO. K 625 

foot at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '6.s ; transferred to Co. C, 5th 
O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Washington. D. C, Aug. 3, '65. 

RuECKLKR, Gkokgk; private; E. S. April 22, "Oi, 3 nios.. June 20. '61, 
3 yrs. ; wounded at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mus- 
tered out with company July 7, '64. 

Saiser. Martin; private; E. S. Aug. 3.. '62, 3 yrs.; wounded in right 
arm at battle of Chanccllorsvillc, Va., May 3. '63; transferred to Co. 
G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, "64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of 
War Department. 

ScHAEDLER, Franz; private; E. S. Oct. 7, '61, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at Columbus, O., Jan. 
25, '65, by order of War Department. 

ScHAEMBS, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; killed at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62. 

ScHERK, John; private; E. S. June 20, "61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64. 

ScHLATMEYER. Henry ; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged 
on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

ScHLEGEL, Frederick; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Schmidt, H. Frederick; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug.^ 26, '61, 
and returned to company; mustered out with company July 7. '64. 

Schmidt, Henry; private; E. S. June 3. '61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
abdomen at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64. 

Schmidt, Michael; private; E. S. Aug. 27. '62. 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out at McDougal Gen- 
eral Hospital, New York. July 2, '65. 

Schneeberger. Jacob; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., Oct. 7. '6'. 
3 yrs. ; mustered out Aug. 18, '61 ; rccnlisted Oct. 7, '61 ; transferred 
to detachment of recruits and assigned to 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64 

Schramm, Adolph F.; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Schuessler, John; private; E. S. June 3. '61, 3 yrs.; transferred 
to Invalid Corps Sept. 30, '63, by order of War Department. 

Schwartz. Christian F.; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos., June 
20. '61, 3 yrs.; became insane and left rcgmient Aug. 19, 61. 

Schweitzer, Richard; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 18, '61. , 

ScHWiNK, John; private; E. S. April 22. '61, 3 mos., June 20. 61, 
3 yrs.; wounded in left arm at battle of Ringgold. Ga.. Nov. 27, 63; 
mustered out with company July 7, '64. 

Seipel. John; private; E. S. April 22. '61. 3 mos.. June 20, 61, 3 
yrs. ; killed at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, '62. 

Selb.\ch, Fred; private; E. S. April 22, '61. 3 mos.; mustered out 

Aug. 18, '61. . ., . J » 

Sepling, Martin; private; E. S. April 22, 61, 3 mos.; mustered out 

Aug. 18, '61. ^ f • . 

Smith, John; private; E. S. June 3. 61. 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at 

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626 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; discharged July 30, '62. on 
surgeon's certificate of disability. 

Spatholz, John ; private ; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Stahl, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; pa- 
roled ; no further record found. 

Stegmayer, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, "61, 
3 yrs.; discharged at Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov. 27, '62, on surgeon's 
certificate of disability. 

Steinbauer, Fred. W.; private; E. S. June 20, '61, 3 yrs.; wounded 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; discharged for w^ounds 
Feb. 2, '62. 

Stern. John; private; E. S. April 22, "61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 3 
yrs. ; killed at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '62. 

TyrolEr. Sigo; private; E. S. Aug. 25, '62, 3 yrs.; transferred to 
Co.. G, .=;th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order 
of War Department. 

VoEEKER, John T. ; private; E. S. June 3. "61, 3 yrs.; wounded in 
breast and taken prisoner at battle of Port Republic, Va., June 9, '62; 
returned to duty Sept. 14, '62; discharged at Dumfries, Va., Feb. 18, 
'63, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

VoELKER, John; private; E. S. Oct. 7, '61, 3 yrs.; discharged at 
Falls Church, Va.. July 7, '62, on surgeon's certificate of disability. 

VoGEE, John W. ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Walley, Charles ; private ; E. S. Aug. 9, '62, 3 yrs. ; transferred to 
Co. G. 5th O. V. L, Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, by order of 
War Department ; died . 

Walter, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Wandel, George; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. '61, 
3 yrs.; wounded in foot at battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, '62; 
wounded in left leg at battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, '63; mustered 
out with company July 7, '64. 

Weber. Franz W.j private; E. S. April 2.2, '61, 3 mos., June 20, '61, 
3 yrs. ; died at hospital at GallipoHs, O., Sept. 26, '62. 

Weiland, John; private; E. S. Oct. 17, '61, 3 yrs.; killed at battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, '^2. 

Weissenbach, George; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20, 
'61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner at skirmish near Cross Lanes. Va., Aug. 20. 
'61 ; paroled ; discharged July 24. '62. by order of War Department. 

Wenner, Jacob; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; mustered out 
with company July 7, '64. 

Werner, Charles; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

WiGAND, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 rnos., June 20, '6i_. 3 
yrs. ; taken prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; died 
Sept. 13, '61, while prisoner of war. 

WoLE, Julius; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken prisoner 
at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61 ; paroled ; discharged July 
30, '62 ; by order of War Department. 



REGIMENTAL ROSTl-.R. Co. K (^2y 

Worm. Jacob; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustered out 
Aug. 18, '61. 

Zaun, John; private; E. S. April 22, '61, ^ nio.s. ; mustered out 
Aug. 18, "61.^ 

Zkipler, P'rEpErick ; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos.; mustorcd 
out Aug. 18, '61. 

Zi.MMERMAN. Charles; private; E. S. Aug. 2, '62, 3 yrs. ; trans- 
ferred to Co. G, 5th O. V. I., Oct. 31, '64; mustered out June 21, '65, 
by order of War Department. 

ZiPP, George; private; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 20. "61, 3 
yrs. ; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.. 
Aug. 9, '62 ; returned to duty Nov., '62 ; mustered out with company 
July 7, '64. 

Zitzmann, Anthonasius; private; E. S. June 3, '61, 3 yrs.; taken 
prisoner at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, '61; paroled; dis- 
charged July 30, '62, by order of War Department. 



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List of Casualties 



Battle of Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 26, 1861. 

field and staff. 
Wood, Harry; fife major; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY A. 

McKay, Geo. A.; sergt. ; wounded. 

Williams, Francis ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 

Dutton, Frank ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Holly, Morris J. ; private ; wounded. 

Burroughs, Carlos A.; private; taken prisoner. 

Bandel, John; private; taken prisoner. 

Burt, Theodore; private; taken prisoner. 

Burns, John G.; private; taken prisoner. 

Evans, Evan; private; taken prisoner. 

Shepley, Thomas; private; wounded, died Sept. 2, 1861. 

Scoville, Andrew; private; taken prisoner. 

Scoville, Thos. C. ; private; wounded. 

Wilsden, Richard L. ; private; taken prisoner. 

Whaley, Myron H. ; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY B. 

Boyle, Daniel T. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Chapman, Chas. L. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Hime, Jacob E. ; private; wounded. 
McCabe, James ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Robinson, Geo. C. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Williams, Geo. W.; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY C. 

Shurtleff, Giles W. ; capt. ; taken prisoner. 

Cross, Judson N.; ist. lieut. ; wounded and taken prisoner. 

Halbert, Addison M. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner. 

Parmenter, Wm. W. ; sergt.; taken prisoner, died m prison at New 

Orleans Nov. 18, 1861. 
Morey, Elias W. ; sergt. ; wounded in head and taken prisoner. 
Stiles, Root; sergt.; taken prisoner. 
Orton. Hobart G. ; sergt. ; wounded and taken prisoner. 
Cole, Stephen M. ; corpl. ; wounded and taken prisoner. 
Mack, Isaac F. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 
Biggs, Wm. ; private; taken prisoner, died at New Orleans Oct. 17. 

1861. 
Bodle, Fester; private; taken prisoner. 
Burns, John M.; private; wounded and taken pri-^oner. 
Claghorn, Henry D. ; private ; tak. n prisoner. 



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630 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOEUNTEER INEANTRY 

Collins, Jos. ; private ; wounded, died of wounds Aug. 27, 1861. 

Curtiss, Edward F. ; private; taken prisoner. 

Finch, John B. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Howard, Henry; private; taken prisoner. 

Hubbell, Albert; private; taken prisoner. 

Jeakins, Burford; private; wounded and taken prisoner, died Sept. 

20, 1861. 
Jones, Lewis J.; private; wounded and taken prisoner. 
Kingsbury, Selden B. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Massa, Jas. A. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Myers, Elam B. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Newton, Emory C. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Noble, Irving A. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Osborn, Albert; private; taken prisoner. 
Parker, Alex. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Root, Edward C; private; taken prisoner. 
Scott, Wm. H.; private; taken prisoner. 
Sheldon, Henry G. ; private; wounded and taken prisoner. 
Smith, Edwin R. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Thompson, David J. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Tuttle, Lucius V.; private; taken prisoner. 
Warren, Leroy ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Wheeler, Wm. W. ; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY D. 

Dyer, John N. ; capt. ; killed. 
Hubbard, Newton K. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 
Carroll, Charles; corpl.; taken prisoner. 
Gill, Seymour; corpl.; taken prisoner. 
Dodge, Alex.; private; taken prisoner. 
Huntoon, Horace H. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Jenkins, Benj.; private; taken prisoner. 
McGraw, Chas. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Quinn, Christ. C. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Rubicon, Jas. A.; private; taken prisoner. 
Shelby, John; private; taken prisoner. 
Smith, Alfred E. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Smith, John; private; taken prisoner. 
Smith, Perry H.; private; taken prisoner. 



COMPANY E. 



Wilcox, Arthur T. ; istlieut. ; taken prisoner. 

Kitclium, Geo. C. ; ist sergt. ; taken prisoner. 

Sweet, Geo. W. ; sergt.; taken prisoner. 

Merriam, Wm. ; sergt. ; wounded, left arm amputated. 

Wilcoxson, FrankHn F. ; sergt.; taken prisoner. 

Turner, Jesse G. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 

Barks, John; private; taken prisoner. 

Bartlitt, Wm. F. ; private; taken prisoner. 

Beers, Reuben; private; taken prisoner. 

Blakesley, Lyman M. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Blakesley, Robt. W. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Butler, Jas.; private; taken prisoner, died in prison Dec. 27, 1861. 



CASUALTY UST 63 1 

Cherry, Wm. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Cross, Edson B. ; private; killed. 

Curran, Thos. S. ; private ; wounded, right leg amputated. 

Downing, Geo. K. ; private; taken prisoner. 

Fox, Zebah ; private; taken prisoner. 

Gill, Benj. F. ; private; wounded in right knee. 

Hann, John ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Hutchinson, Wm. ; private; wounded in right arm. 

Keiser, Henry ; private ; taken prisoner, died in prison Dec. 28, 1861. 

Kennedy, Edward ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Shelters, John ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Stillwell, Francis; private; taken prisoner. 

Stinson, James ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner. 

Webber, Chas. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY G. 

Boles, Lemuel ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Hetlick, Michael ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Logue, Lloyd G. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY H. 

Palmer, Erastus C. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 
Mohler, Jacob ; private ; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY I. 

Bersett, Chas. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 
Basine, Chas.; private; taken prisoner. 
Daily, David M. ; private; wounded. 
Ferguson, Robt. L ; private ; wounded in arm. 
Fredenberg, John N. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Greer, James R. ; private ; wounded in thigh. 
Johnson, Daniel H.; private; taken prisoner. 
Johnson, James ; private; taken prisoner. 
Larkin, Ferdy; i)rivate; taken prisoner. 
Llewellyn, Morgan; private; taken prisoner. 
Snyder, James ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Thompson, Geo. V. W. ; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY K. 

Krieger, Ernst. J.; ist scrgt. ; wounded in right arm. 

Kohlman, Adolph; sergt. ; taken prisoner, died at New Orleans, I^. 

Nov. 13, 1861. 
Grebe, James ; corpl. ; wounded. 
Ackermann, Henry; private; taken prisoner. 
Doll, John VV. ; private; wounded, died of wounds Sept. 10. 1861. 
Geissler, John; private; wounded, died of wounds Aug. 28. 1861. 
Gruenwald, Gottlieb; private; taken prisoner. 
Happig, Tobias; private; taken prisoner. 
Haskel, Chas. ; private; taken prisDuer. 
Merkel, Mathias ; private; taken prisoner. 
Miller, John G. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Oettinger. Christian; private; taken prisoner. 
Renz, Solomon; private; tak"n [irisoner. 



632 S^VEINTH RKGIMEINT OHIO VOIvUNTEER INFANTRY 

Ritchie, Wm. ; private ; wounded. 

Stahl, Chas. ; private; taken prisoner. 

SteinlDauer, Fred W. ; private ; wounded. 

Wigand, John; private; taken prisoner, died in prison Sept. 13, 1861. 

Wolf, JuHus ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Zitzmann, Anthonasius; private; taken prisoner. 

Killed, 2; wounded, 29; prisoners, no (9 of them wounded) Total 

loss, 132. 

Battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862. 

field and staff. 
Webb, Joseph P. ; sergt. major; killed. 

COMPANY A. 

McKay, Geo. A. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Sadler, Wm. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Kelley, Edward F. ; corpl. ; wounded, died April 2, 1S62. 

Sweet, Samuel ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Clancey, Daniel W. ; private ; wounded. 

Campbell, Leander H.; private; wounded. 

Gardner, Hampton F. ; private ; wounded. 

Hoffman, Fred W. ; private ; wounded. 

Kehl, Wm. ; private; missing, supposed killed. 

Lappin, Arthur; private; wounded. 

Miller, Joseph; private; wounded. 

Stearns, Chas. H. ; private; killed. 

COMPANY B. 

Fitch, Asa H. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Smith, Wm. F. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Carroll, Jas. ; private ; killed. 

Creglow, Joshua; private; killed. 

Fagan, Chas. ; private ; wounded. 

Gasser, Joseph M. ; private ; wounded. 

Lamb, Allen C. ; private ; killed. 

Reid, Duncan ; private ; wounded in right shoulder. 

Reese, James ; private ; wounded. 

Rice, Stephen W . ; private; killed. 

Smith, James ; private ; wounded in right leg. 

Withers, Albert E. ; private ; wounded in left leg. 

WorHtzer, Anthony; private; wounded in eye. 

COMPANY c. 

Danforth, Arthur C. ; ist sergt.; killed. 

Gardner, John ; sergt. ; wounded in leg. 

Day, Seldon A. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Kellogg, Jason S. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Coburn, Wallace ; private ; wounded, died March 29, 1862. 

Kellogg, Stephen ; private ; wounded. 

Kingsbury, Daniel D. ; private ; wounded. 



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Palmers, Frederick M.; private; wounded, died of wounds April 7, 

1S62. 
Sackett, Edward G. ; private ; wounded, died of wounds March 24, 

1862. 
Walworth. Warren F. ; private ; wounded. 
Warner, Fred'k A. ; private; wounded. 
Winsor, Richard ; private ; wounded. 
Worcester, Orlando H. ; private; wounded, died of wounds April is, 

1862. 

COMPANY D. 

Griswold, Abraham C. ; corpl. ; killed. 
Burnham, Reuben II.; private; killed. 
Carvin, Lewis C. ; private; killed. 

COMPANY E. 

Blanden, Geo. ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm. 
Anness, Geo. ; private ; wounded. 
Atwater, John ; private ; wounded. 
Milliman, John L. ; private; wounded. 

COMPANY K. 

Burgess, Albert C. ; capt. ; wounded in ankle. 
Gridley, Benj. ; corpl. ; wounded. 
Bethel, Frederick ; private ; wounded. 
Hall, Sylvester S. ; private; killed. 
Hall, Elias; private; killed. 
Owen, Moses ; private ; wounded. 
Pritchard, Anson; private; wounded. 
Tracy, Edward E. ; private ; wounded. 
Twitchell, Arba; private; wounded in hand. 

COMPANY G. 

Fram, John ; private ; killed. 

COMPANY H. 

Asper, Joel F. ; capt. ; wounded in leg. 

Bishop, Stephen E. ; private; wounded. 

Cavannah, Arthur A.; private; wounded. 

Gregory, Owen; private; wounded, died of wounds April 12, 1862. 

Groth, Fred'k; private; killed. 

Hunt, James; private; wounded, died of wounds April 5. 1862. 

O'Connor, Daniel; private; wounded. 

COMPANY I. 

McClelland, Samuel; istlicut.; wounded in head. 

Kelley, Andrew J.; sergt. ; wounded, died of wounds .March 27. 1S62. 

Birch, Wm. ; private ; wounded. 

Bisp, James; private; killed. 

Clemens, Henry; private; wounded. 

Doran. Thos. B. ; private ; wounded. 

Phillips, Richard; private; wounded. 



634 si:ve;nth regiment ohio volunteer ineantry 

COMPANY K. 

Butzmann, Wm. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Lehr, Wm. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Denzel, George; corpl.; wounded. 

Reusse, Christian; corpl; wounded. 

Dietrich. Frank; private; killed. 

Karbacher, Franz; private; killed. 

Lorenz, Frank; private; killed. 

Nook, Jacob; private; wounded, died of wound April 2, 1862. 

Rasel, Wm. ; private ; wounded, died of wound June i, 1862. 

Seipel, John; private; killed. 

Killed, 20; wounded, 60. Total, 80. 
BATTI.E; OF Port Republic, Va., June 9, 1862. 

COMPANY A. 

McKay, Geo. A. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Gillett, Townley ; corpl. ; killed. 

Lovett, Aaron C. ; corpl. ; wounded in thigh. 

Burton, John H. ; private; wounded in jaw, neck and shoulder. 

Buchanan, Samuel E. ; private ; wounded in mouth. 

Keller, Chas. A. ; private ; wounded above ankle. 

Keller, Fred'k; private; wounded in arm. 

Maxfield, Isaac ; private ; wounded in shin. 

Snider, Adolph; private; killed. 

COMPANY c. 

Fry, Holland B. ; sergt.; wounded in left knee. 

Day. Seldon A. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Gates, Lewis K. ; corpl. ; killed. 

Magary, Geo. R. ; corpl. ; killed. 

Atwater, Edwin B. ; private ; wounded in left thigh. 

Hamilton, Cyrus P.; private; wounded in left thigh and taken pris- 
oner, died in prison. 

Judson, Daniel S. ; private; wounded in right thigh and taken pris- 
oner, died in prison June 14, 1862. 

Kingsbury, Romain J. ; private ; killed. 

Pelton, Wm. H. ; private; wounded in right ankle. 

COMPANY D. 

Wood, Geo. L. ; capt. ; wounded in right leg. 
Lapham, James M. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner. 
Smalley, Virgil E. ; sergt.; wounded in thigh. 
Hendrickson, Simeon E. ; corpl.; taken prisoner. 
Hawkins, Benj. F. ; private; wounded in neck. 
Hibbard, Lawson ; private ; killed. 
Mulligan, John; private; killed. 

COMPANY E. 

Wheeler, Samuel C. ; ist sergt.; wounded in left ankle. 
Woodward, John H. ; corpl.; killed. 



CASUALTY IJST 635 

Andress, Wm. H. ; private ; woundctl. 
Atwater, John; private; wounded in riylit thigii. 
Haskins, Jay; private; wounded in left knee. 
Vancise, James L. ; private ; wounded in right thigh. 

COMPANY K. 

Day, Alfred H.; ist lieut. ; wounded in neck. 

DeLong, Cyrus H. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg. 

Burt, Mark V. ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm. 

Chapman, Leroy ; corpl. ; wounded in head and taken prisoner. 

Johnson, Wm. H. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 

Matthews, Sylvester; corpl.; wounded in right leg. 

Morley, Alfred W. ; corpl. ; wounded in right leg. 

Remmell, Lawrence ; corpl. ; wounded in neck. 

COMPANY G. 

King, Chas. L. ; sergt. ; wounded in face. 

Laucks, James R. ; sergt.; wounded in right thigh and taken prisoner. 

died of wounds at Staunton, Va.. Nov. i, i8(jj. 
Eldridge, Franklin ; corpl. ; wounded in right leg. 
Holton, Hiram M. ; corpl ; taken prisoner. 
Ruoff. Julius ; corpl. ; wounded and taken prisoner. 
Boyington, Lewis ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner. 
Carl, Geo. K. ; private ; wounded in right arm. 
Garee, John F. ; private ; w-ounded in right hand. 
Geyelin, Geo.; private; wounded in forehead. 
Hansen, Horatio N. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Herrick, Ira; private; wounded in right hand. 
Hughes, Todd; private; taken prisoner. 
Merrill, Benton; private; taken prisoner. 
Pownall. Horace B. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Rogers, Wm. W. ; private; wounded in head, died of wound June .29, 

1862. 
Steadman, Albert ; private ; wounded. 
Steadman, Arthur C. ; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY H. 

Hunt, David L. ; corpl. ; wounded in left thigh. 
Trimmer, Ambrose C. ; corpl. ; wounded in left shoulder. 
Woods, Edwin; musician; wounded in left breast. 
Echenrhoad, Malcom; private; wounded in right arm. 
Osborn, Morris; private; wounded in face. 
Parker, Geo. \V. ; private; wounded in right arm. 

COMPANY I. 

Knox. Clark ; corpl. ; wounded in right arm. 

Campbell, Michael; private; wounded and taken prisoner. 

Decker. James; private; wounded in left leg. 

Frailer. Wm. ; private; wounded in l)aek and shoulder. 

Smith. John ; private ; wounded in head. 

William-;. .Xnthuny ; private; wountled in left leg. 



636 SEVENTH RKGIMKNT OHIO VOI^UNTEER INFANTRY 

COMPANY K. 

Lauterwasser, Wm. ; ist sergt. ; wounded, right arm amputated, died 

of wound July 30, 1862. 
Voges, Wm. ; sergt.; killed. 
Sommer, Conrad ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm. 
Hummell, John; corpl.; wounded in hip. 
Anthony, Philip ; private ; wounded in right leg. 
Colbrun, John; private; wounded in right arm. 
Feizer, Herman; private; wounded in leg. 
Luetke, John ; private ; wounded in head and taken prisoner. 
Raeber, John; private; killed. 
Schaembs, John; private; killed. 
Voelker, John T. ; private ; wounded in breast c.nd taken prisoner. 

Killed, II ; wounded, 59; prisoners, 18 (9 of them wounded). Total 
loss, 79. 

Battle op Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862. 

PiELB and staff. 

Creighton, Wm. R. ; colonel ; wounded in left arm and side. 
Crane, Orrin J. ; lieut. col. ; wounded in foot. 

Molyneaux, J. B. ; ist lieut. and adj.; wounded in head, shoulder 
and leg. 

COMPANY A. 

McKay, Geo. A. ; sergt. ; wounded. 
Davis, Zebulan P.; sergt.; wounded in face. 
Brown, Henry J. ; corpl. ; wounded, died Aug. 26, 1862. 
Werz, Francis I. ; corp. ; wounded in thigh. 
Holmes, Milton D. ; corpl. ; wounded. 
Brand, Fred'k W. ; private ; wounded in bowels. 
Blackwell, Jos. ; private ; wounded, died Aug. 10, 1862. 
Crippen, Andrew J.; private; wounded in shoulder. 
Creque, Ferdinand ; private ; wounded in foot. 
Clinton, Alex. M. ; private; wounded in leg. 
Galvin, John H. ; private ; wounded. 
Ginter, Abraham ; private ; wounded in shoulder. 
Gillson, Wm. F. ; private ; wounded. 
Gazeley, Jabez C. ; private ; wounded in leg. 
Hatfield, Benjamin; private; wounded in hand. 
Hammond, Theo. F. ; private; wounded in bowels. 
Kelley, Philip ; private ; wounded in thigh. 
Lappin, Arthur ; private ; wounded in hand and arm. 
Preble, Chas. E. ; private ; wounded in hip. 
Parsons, John G. ; private ; wounded. 
Sherwood, Thos. C. ; private ; wounded in bowels. 
St. Lawrence, Edward ; private ; wounded in leg and taken prisoner. 
Towne, Ephraim M. ; private; wounded in hand. 

Wacker, Leonard; private; wounded in leg, left on field, supposed 
died or prisoner. 



CASUALTY LIST 637 

COMPANY B. 

Trotier, Joseph ; scrgt. ; wounded. 

Gaskill, Franklin R. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Hardesty, Jesse; corpl. ; taken prisoiuT. 

Marks, Jacob; corpl.; wounded in right arm. 

Gordon, Samuel E. ; corpl. ; wounded in right lung. 

Brown, Thos. C. ; corpl. ; killed. 

Wilson, Clark L. ; corpl. ; killed. 

Smith, Wni. E. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Adams, William ; private; killed. 

Cannell, Wm. ; private; wounded in left elbow. 

Conant. Edward ; private ; killed. 

Coylc, John ; private ; wounded. 

Dixon, James ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner. 

Hashfield, Benj.; private; wounded in right eye. 

Hill, Pliney E. ; private; wounded. 

Henrickle, Frank; private; wounded. 

Hime, Jacob E.; private; wounded. 

Latch, Wm. F. ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner. 

Meekins, Edgar G. ; private ; killed. 

Riddle, Thos. C. ; private; wounded. 

Stone, John ; private ; wounded in left thigh. 

Williams, Benj. T. ; private ; taken prisoner in hospit.d at Culpcpcr. 

Williams, Daniel F. ; private; taken prisoner in hospital at Culpcpcr. 

Zwicker, Ernest A. ; private ; wounded in leg, amputated. 

COMPANY c. 

Ross, Joseph H. ; 2d lieut. ; killed. 

Jones, Isaac C. ; 2d lieut. ; wounded in left grom and right cheek. 

Andrews. Martin M. ; ist sergt.; wounded in left hand. 

Bowler, Chas. P. ; sergt. ; killed. 

Cooper, John S. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Fairchilds, Henry; sergt.; wounded in breast. 

Buxton, Chas. H.; sergt.; wounded in right arm and shoulder. 

Evers, John J. ; corpl. ; killed. 

CTOodscll, Edward W. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Badger, Nathaniel L. ; private; wounded. 

Carrothers, Geo.; private; wounded in left ankle. 

Dickson, Thos. P. ; private ; wounded in shoulder and thigh. 

Rappleye, James ^I. ; private; killed. 

Richmond, Warren F. ; private; killed. 

Rogers, Geo.; private; wounded in leg. 

Sheppard, Edward P.; private: killed. 

Wilder, Theo. ; private ; wounded in abflomcn. 

Wise, Oliver; private; wounded in car and thigh. 

COMPANY D. 

Wilson, Lawrence ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm. breast and right foot. 
Norris.' Norman L. ; corpl. ; wounded in shoulder, died Sept. 4. 1862. 
Colweli, Albert C. ; private ; wounded in arm. 
Franke, John A. ; private ; wounded in neck. 
Gardner, Wm. L. ; private; wounded in face. 



638 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Harmer, John; private; wounded in hand. 

Hettinger, Chas. G. ; private ; mortally wounded, died Aug. 10, 1862. 

Hobday, Edward; private; wounded in hand. 

Holcomb, Norton B. ; private; wounded in foot. 

Lapham, Wallace W.; private; mortally wounded, died Aug. 13, 1002. 

McAdams, John; private; wounded in thigh. 

Manley, Frank; private; wounded in leg. 

Rhodes, Henry E. ; private; wounded. 

COMPANY E. 

Brisbine, Jas. P.; 2d lieut. ; killed. 

Billings, Arvin D. ; ist sergt. ; wounded in left arm and side. 

Martin, Moses ; sergt. ; killed. 

Meeker, William W. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Alexander, James K. ; corpl. ; wounded left leg. 

Davis, Frederick A.; corpl.; wounded left thigh. 

Smith, Albert O. ; corpl. ; wounded in hip. 

Allen, Harrison L. ; private ; wounded in left leg. 

Clarke, Joseph S. ; private ; wounded in left arm and groin. 

Gill, Benj. F. ; private; wounded, died from wounds Aug. 29, 1862. 

Keliey, James; private; wounded in left arm. 

Meisters, Chas.; private; killed. 

Roberts, Irving G. ; private; wounded. 

Stinson, Chas.; private; wounded in left leg. 

Wickham, John W. ; private ; wounded in leg. 

COMPANY F. 

Johnson, Frank ; 2d lieut. ; killed. 

Carter, James B. ; ist sergt.; wounded in head. 

Taylor, Ellison G.; sergt; killed. 

Risk. Robert M. ; sergt. ; wounded in thigh. 

Gridley, Benj.; corpl.; wounded in thigh, died of wound Oct. 20, 1862. 

Twitchell, Nathaniel; corpl.; wounded in hand. 

Adams, Arthur ; private ; wounded in leg and breast. 

Barton, Ira M. ; private; wounded in shoulder. 

Brown, Ezra; private; wounded in hand. 

Cadwell, Geo. M. ; private ; wounded in leg. 

Carrier, Geo. W. ; private; wounded in neck and side. 

Hass, Henry C. ; private; killed. 

Downer, John; private; wounded in breast. 

Eatinger, Sherman; private; wounded. 

Ely, Thos. ; private ; wounded in shoulder. 

Haight, Theron; private; killed. 

Handshen, John J.; private; killed. 

Hopkins, Stephen A.; private; wounded in breast. 

Jones, Daniel; private; wounded in hip. 

Loomis, Perrin D. ; private ; wounded in both legs. 

Mathews, David; private; killed. 

Matthews, Sylvester; private; killed. 

Monemaker, David C. ; private; wounded in left arm. 

Oviatt, John F. ; private ; wounded in hand. 

Russell, Gideon T. ; private; wounded in left side and taken prisoner. 



CASUALTY LIST 639 

Thompson Edward; private; wounded. 
Winzcnrcid. Rudolj)!! ; private; wounded in ankle. 

COMPANY C. 

Rradcn, \\'m. D. ; capt. ; wounded in left leg. 

Barrett, Geo. W. ; ist serp^t. ; wounded, right leg amputated. 

Lazarus, Edward M. ; sergt. ; wounded in knee. 

Callow, Win. F. ; sergt.; wounded in shoulder. 

Bertholph, Gilbert D. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg. 

Wright. Daniel H.; corpl.; killed. 

Rccd, Lorcn : corpl. ; wounded in hand. 

Day, Edward E. ; private; wounded in arm ;ind lung, died of wounds 

Aug. 18, 1862. 
Dingcs, Henry F. ; private; killed. 
Douthitt, John H.; private; wounded in arm and side, died of wounds 

Aug. 21, 1862. 
Gibbons, Wm. S. ; private; wounded in leg. 
Green, Isaiah B. ; private; wounded in head. 
Howard, Henry; private; killed. 
Minard, Milo; private; killed. 
Owen, Lewis; private; wounded in both legs. 
Tuller, Samuel A. ; private ; wounded in shoulder. 
Waller, Silas P.; private; wotuided in leg. 
Whitmore, Thos. H. ; private; killed. 

COMPANY n. 

Eaton, Henry Z. ; ist lieut. ; wounded in leg. 

Brooks, Chas. A.; ist sergt.; wounded in hand. 

Pollock, John ; sergt. ; wounded in leg. 

Moore, Geo. W. ; sergt.; wounded in head. 

Glcndening, Chas. ; corpl. ; wounded in arm. 

Kincaid, Joseph ; corpl. ; wounded in arm. 

Trimmer, Ambrose C. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg. 

Echenrhoad, Malcom ; private; killed. 

Fox, John C. ; private ; wounded in both legs. 

Inskeep, Alonzo ; private ; wounded in arm. 

Lentz, John ; private ; wounded in groin. 

McClurg, Wm. H.; private; killed. 

Miller, Calvert C. ; private; killed. 

Murray, Robert D. ; private; wounded in leg. 

Overmire, Wm. H. ; private; wounded and taken prisoner. 

Shafifer, Hiram; private; wounded in hnn. 

Swisher, Geo. B. ; private ; killed. 

COMl'ANY I. 

Sterling, Wm. R. ; capt.; wounded in right leg. 

Reed, Seymour S. ; ist licut. ; wounded in side and leg. 

Deeds, Hiram B. ; sergt.; wounded in leg. 

Ray, John S. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Smith. Chas. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Jackson, .Mfred ; corpl.; wounded in knee, died of wound Oct 11. tSt>2. 

Bell, James A. ; corpl. ; wounded in foot. 

Manning, John L : corpl. ; wounded. 



640 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Bispham, Markell; private; wounded in right eye and leg. 

Burton, Alonzo H. ; private ; killed. 

Earl, Geo. A. ; private ; wounded in both legs. 

Fishcorn, John ; private ; wounded. 

Fox, Geo. ; private ; killed. 

Freeman, Richard M. ; private ; wounded in right thigh. 

Kelley, Wm. ; private ; wounded in right shoulder. 

Kamp, Samuel P. ; private ; wounded in knee. 

Ray, James P. ; private ; killed. 

Stephenson, Jas. D., private ; killed. 

Waldorf, Wm. ; private ; killed. 

Williams, Thos. D. ; private; wounded in side. 

^' ^ COMPANY K. 

Hopkins, Marcus \. ; 2d lieut. ; wounded in face. 

Nesper, Christian W. ; sergt. ; wounded in leg. 

Grebe, James ; sergt. ; wounded in leg, died of wounds Aug. 27, 1862. 

Schinkel, Fred'k; sergt.; missing. 

Sohl, George ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Hummell, John ; corpl. ; wounded in leg. 

Frank, Henry; private; killed. 

Maeder, Vincent; private; killed. 

Michel, Fred'k; private; wounded in shoulder and leg. 

Mueller, Frank; private; taken prisoner. 

Pfahl, Wm. ; private ; wounded in arm. 

Rueckler, Geo. ; private ; wounded. 

Schmidt, Henry; private; wounded in abdomen. 

Stern, John ; private ; killed. 

Weiland, John ; private ; killed. 

Zipp, George ; private ; wounded and taken prisoner. 

Killed, 39; wounded, 151; prisoners, (7 of them wounded), 11; 
missing, i. fotal loss, 195. 

Number engaged, commissioned officers, 14; enHsted men, 293. To- 
tal, 307. 

Loss — 63-\-% of total number engaged. 

Battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 

COMPANY A. 

Claflin, Jeremiah G. ; ist sergt. ; wounded in right leg. 
McKay, Geo. A.; sergt.; wounded. 

COMPANY B. 

Lamphear, Laurin K. ; corpl.; wounded in side. 
Hill, Pliney E. ; private ; wounded in foot. 
Kubler, Joseph ; private ; wounded in side. 
Meacham, Elbridge; private; killed. 
Sherrick, Geo. O. ; private ; killed. 
Steinberger, Geo. ; private ; wounded in shoulder. 
Wood, Geo. W. ; private ; wounded in side. 



CASUALTY LIST 64 1 

COMPANY C. 

Jones. Isaac C. : 2d lieut. ; wounded in thigh. 
Goodsell, Edward \V. ; corpl. ; killed. 

COMPANY D. 

Miller, Ephraim C. ; corpl. ; wounded in shoulder and arm. 

COMPANY E. 

Bailey, Henry H. ; sergt. ; wounded in head. 
Clarke, Joseph S. ; private ; wounded in right side. 
Everett, David ; private ; wounded in leg, died Oct. 6, 1862. 
Mears, Nahum ; private ; wounded. 
Weatherlow, Daniel ; private ; wounded in side. 

COMPANY F. 

Carter, James B. ; ist sergt.; killed. 
Ely, John ; corpl. ; wounded in hand. 
Morley. Alfred W. ; private ; wounded in leg. 
Reed, Averitt C. ; private ; wounded in shoulder. 

COMPANY G. 

May, Alfred E. ; corpl. ; wounded in head. 

Bull. Austin ; corpl. ; wounded in hand. 

Bryan, James C. ; corpl. ; wounded in thigh. 

Coe, Addison; private; wounded in shoulder, died of wound Sept. 21, 

1862. 
Cromwell, Wm. ; private; wounded in leg. 
Houck, Geo. W.; private; wounded in leg. 
Lazarus, Martin ; private ; killed. 
Wilcox, Henry; private; wounded in side and arm. 
Woolf, Thos. ; private ; wounded in neck. 

COMPANY H. 

Bell. Hiram J. : corpl. ; wounded in groin. 
Bacon, Henry; private; killed. 

COMPANY I. 

Hausel, James ; sergt. ; wounded in hand. 
Bryant, Caleb L. ; private; wounded in shoulder. 

COMPANY K. 

Krieger, Ernst J.; ist lieut.; wounded in head. 
Kurz, Jacob ; sergt. ; wounded in side. 
Bauer, Nicholas; private; wounded in leg. 
Breidenbach. Chas. ; private ; wounded in head. 
Graeter, Chas.; private; wounded, log amputated. 
Wandel, George; private; wounded in foot. 

Killed. 6; wounded, .^4. Total. 40. 
41 



642 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 
Battle of Dumfries, Va., Dec. 27, 1862. 

COMPANY A. 

Bradley, Chester W. ; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY B. 

Atloff, Andrew; private; taken prisoner. 
Carter, Sylvester; private; wounded in head. 
Gordon, John F. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY C. 

Condit, Edgar M. ; sergt. ; wounded in left leg. 
Grigsby, Philip; private; wounded in left leg. 

COMPANY D. 

Pomeroy, Douglas F. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Rofif, Thos. ; private ; wounded in right leg. 
Root, Wm. P. ; private ; wounded in shoulder. 
Vreeland, Richard M. ; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY E. 

Benton, Henry F. ; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY F. 

Alderman, Henry; private; taken prisoner. 

Butts, Lewis ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Kibbee, Wm. H. ; private; wounded in breast. 

Perry, Wm. M. ; private ; wounded in ankle and taken prisoner. 

COMPANY G. 

Bull, Austin ; corpl. ; killed. 

COMPANY I. 

Willock, John S. ; corpl. ; wounded in ankle. 
Beiler, John ; private ; missing. 
Schneider, Adam; private; missing. 

Killed, i; wounded, 8; prisoners, 9 (i of them wounded) ; missing, 
2. Total loss, 19. 

Battle of Chancellorsvjlle, Va., May 3, 1863. 

COMPANY A. 

Austin, Alfred ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Craig, John D. ; corpl. ; killed. 

Smalley, Herbert L. ; corpl. ; wounded in left arm. 

Wood, Chas. A. ; corpl. ; wounded in neck. 

Bandel, John; private; killed. 

Cheney, Chas. H. ; private; killed. 

Chelsey, Simon J.; private; wounded in left arm. 

Jackson. Orvis F. ; private; wounded, right arm. amputated. 



CASUALTY LIST O43 

knoble, Leonard ; private : wouiulcd in left arm. 

Pratt, Henry A.; private; killed. 

Rockefeller, Frank ; private ; wounded in head. 

Randall, Frank; private; wounded in shoulder and taken prisoner. 

Smith, Chas. \V. ; private ; wounded in right leg. 

Sperry, Edward A.; private; wounded. 

Towne, Ephraim; private; killed. 

C0M1'.\NV B. 

Boyle, Daniel T. ; private ; wounded in hand. 
Dixon, James ; private ; wounded in arm. 
Kubler, Joseph ; private ; wounded in hand. 
St. Onge, Mitchell; private; wounded in arm. 

COMPANY C. 

Gardner, John ; sergt. ; wounded in shoulder. 
Kellogg, Jason S. ; corpl. ; wounded in head. 
Cole, Stephen yi. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg. 
Wise, Oliver ; private ; wounded in right hand. 

COMPANY D. 

Whiting, Henry; ist sergt.; killed. 

Lapham, James AL ; sergt. ; taken prisoner. 

Nash, Edwin V. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 

Brakeman, Gerry ; private ; wounded in thigh. 

Cone, Sylvanus G. ; private ; wounded in thigh. 

Copeland, Andrew; private; wounded in leg, died June 13, 1863. 

Dawse, John W. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Ferron, James O. ; private ; wounded in knee. 

Franke. John A. ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Herrick, George ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Hunt, Westel W. ; private ; wounded in foot. 

Jenkins, Benj.; private; wounded in hand. 

Lee, John; private; killed. 

Miller, Ephraim C. ; private; taken prisoner. 

Shelby, John; private; wounded in leg, died of wound M.iv 10. 1S63. 

Tower, Almon ; private ; killed. 

Valleau. George; private; taken prisoner. 

COMPANY K. 

Bailey, Henry H.; sergt; wounded in left thigh. 
Furniss, Wm. ; corpl.; wounded in left thii;h. 
Allen. Harrison L. ; private; taken prisoner. 
Benton, Henry F. ; private; wounded in left knee. 
Kennedy, Edward; private: wounded in !■ '' 1<" 
Penny, SpafTord .\. ; private; killed. 
Raymond, Albert G. ; [irivate; wounded 
Williams, Brayton B. ; private; taken pn.M.,ncr. 

CO.MPANY F. 

Stratton, Isaac; ist sergt.; wounded in head. 
Spidell, Wm. H.; corpl.; wounded in leg. 



644 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Thwing, Henry; corpl. ; wounded in left arm. 
Parks, Chas. A. ; private ; wounded in right leg. 

COMPANY G. 

Eldridge, Franklin; sergt. ; wounded in right side. 

Owen, Humphrey ; corpl. ; wounded in hand. 

Benson, Hames N. ; musician ; wounded in right shoulder. 

Baxter, James ; private ; wounded twice in right leg. 

Carl, Thos. C. ; private; killed. 

Cloud, John; private; wounded. 

Hansen, Horatio N. ; private; missing. 

Harsh, Franklin; private; wounded in bowels. 

Holcomb, Jarvin M. ; private ; wounded in side. 

Hughes, Todd ; private ; wounded in groin. 

Smith, Philip; private; wounded in right arm. 

Steadman, Albert; private; killed. 

Steadman, Arthur C. ; private ; killed. 

Tuller, Samuel A. ; private ; wounded in left leg, died of wounds May 

II, 1863. 
Whitney, Edward O. ; private ; wounded. 
Woolf, Thomas ; private ; wounded. 

COMPAKY H. 

Davis, John L. ; sergt. ; wounded in right arm. 

Van Wye, Wm. ; sergt. ; wounded in head. 

Pierce, Henry H. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner. 

Hunt, David L. ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Kincaid, Joseph ; corpl. ; missing. 

Trimmer, Ambrose C. ; corpl. ; killed. 

Waters, Darwin W. ; corpl. ; wounded in right arm. 

Palmer, Erastus C. ; corpl. ; wounded in right leg. 

Bannister, Wm. H.; private; wounded in left thigh. 

Barnum, Samuel H. ; private ; wounded in bowels. 

Brooks, James C. ; private ; wounded in right leg. 

Brown, Geo. W. ; private ; wounded in left hand. 

Fox, Wm. H. ; private ; wounded in arm. 

Grigg, Israel H. ; private; wounded in hand. 

Hunter, Wm. ; private ; wounded in left arm. 

Jones, Hugh ; private ; wounded in left hand. 

Martin, Otis ; private ; taken prisoner. 

Monasmith, Samuel; private; wounded in leg and arm and taken 

prisoner. 
Pelton, Salmon S. ; private ; wounded in leg. 
Sperry, Hesakiah; private; missing. 
Stone, Russell ; private ; missing. 
Wilson, Benj.; private; wounded in head. 

COMPANY I. 

Cowden, Chas. L. ; corpl. ; wounded in left thigh. 

Evans, Wm. J. ; private ; wounded in left shoulder. 

Lewis, Henry ; private ; wounded in both hands and right arm. 



CASUALTY LIST 645 

COMPANY K. 

Hiukston, Elmer; ist sergt. ; wounded in right ear. 

Ackerman, Henry; private; killed. 

Hoffman. Henry; private; wounded in head. 

Perley. Victor; private; killed. 

Renz, Solomon; private; wounded in right thigh. 

Saiser, Martin; private; wounded in right arm. 

Killed, 15; wounded, 68; prisoners, 13 (2 of them wounded) ; miss- 
ing, 4. Total loss, 98. 

Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3, 1863. 
company a. 

Claflin, Jererniah G. ; ist sergt.; wounded in neck. 
Hatfield, Benj.; private; wounded in hand. 

COMPANY B. 

Hardesty, Jesse ; corpl. ; wounded. 

Carson, Jacob W. ; private; wounded in left breast. 

Gordon, John F. ; private ; wounded in right thigh. 

CO .M PA NY c. 

Fairchilds, Henry ; sergt. ; wounded. 
Burns, John ^L ; private ; wounded. 
Finneran, John ; private ; wounded. 
McCarran, Joseph; private; wounded, died from wounds July 22, 1863. 

COMPANY D. 

Tisdel. Willard P.; ist sergt.; wounded in head. 
Carroll,. Charles ; corpl. ; killed. 

COMPANY E. 

Hill, Henry E. ; sergt. ; wounded in right arm. 

COMPANY F. 

Stratton, Isaac; ist sergt.; wounded in left eye. 
Melton, James ; private ; wounded over right eye. 

COMPANY G. 

Woolf, Adam ; private ; wounded. 

Killed. I ; wounded. 14. Total. 15. 
Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.. Nov. 24. 1863. 

COMPANY A. 

Galvin, John H. ; corpl. ; wounded in leg. 

company c. 
Stone, Marvin C. ; private; wounded in side. 



646 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

COMPANY D. 

Tuttle, Jerome; private; wounded in jaw. 

COMPANY E. 

Bartlett, Wm. F. ; private; wounded in right ankle. 

COMPANY G. 

Garrison, Jas. A. ; private ; wounded in shoulder. 
Owen, Lewis; private; wounded in right arm. 

COMPANY I. 

Gordon, Anthony; private; woundea in left arm. 

Wounded, 7. 

Battle of Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 27, 1863. 

FIELD AND STAFF. 

Creighton, Wm. R. ; colonel ; killed. 
Crane, Orrin J. ; lieut.-col. ; killed. 

Baxter, Morris; ist lieut. and adj.; mortally wounded, died Nov. 30, 
1863. 

COMPANY A. 

McKay, Geo. A.; ist lieut.; wounded through both legs. 

Brown, Dwight H. ; 2nd lieut. ; wounded twice in right leg. 

Austin, Alfred ; corpl. ; killed. 

CoUett, John C.; corpl; killed. 

Dowse, Thos. ; private ; wounded in left ankle, died Dec. 19, 1863. 

Spencer, Geo. A.; private; wounded in left leg, amputated, died Dec. 

21, 1863. 
Seufert, Wm. ; private ; wounded in left leg. 

COMPANY B. 

Bohm, Edward H.; ist lieut.; wounded in left arm. 
Cutler, Marcus M. ; sergt. ; wounded in leg. 
Hime, Jacob E. ; private ; wounded in knee. 

COMPANY c. 

Jones, Isaac C. ; 2nd Heut. ; mortallv wounded, died Nov. 30, 1863. 

Gardner. John; sergt.; wounded in right groin, died Dec. IQ. 1863. 

Ra3^mond, James W. ; corpl.; wounded in left thigh. 

Barnes, Vi^m. O. ; private; wounded in left elbow. 

Claghorn, Henry D. ; private ; wounded in right leg. 

Cleverdon, Joseph S. ; private; wounded in right arm. 

Fish, Joseph L. ; private; killed. 

King, Chas. F. ; private ; killed. 

Pelton, Wm. H. ; private ; wounded, left arm amputated. 

Phillips, John B. ; private; wounded in right ankle. 

Sheldon. Mitchell H. ; private ; wounded in right arm. 

Sweet, Thos. ; private ; mortally wounded, died Nov. 30, 1863. 



CASUALTY LIST 647 

Wall, Chas. E. ; private ; killed. 
Wood, Daniel P.; private; killed. 

COMPANY D. 

Lockwood, Geo. D. ; ist licut. ; wounded in chin. 
Wilson, Lawrence; ist sergt. ; woimded in right hand. 
Nash, Edwin V. ; corpl. ; wounded in left foot. 
Fitzgerald, Michael; private; wounded in breast. 

COMTANV E. 

Eikler. Geo.; private; wounded, right leg amputated, died Dec. 11, 

1863. 
Grinnell. Oliver; private; killed. 
Lowry, William F. ; private ; wounded in right foot. 
Pixley, Henry; private; wounded in left thigh. 

COMPANY F. 

Spencer, Harlow N. ; ist lieut. ; wounded in right hip. 
Stratton, Isaac; ist sergt.; wounded in foot. 
Baptie, John ; sergt. ; wounded in right knee. 
Bergin, John ; private ; wounded in face. 
Johnson, Wm. H. ; private ; wounded in right knee. 
Remmell, Lawrence; private; killed. 

COMPANY G. 

Braden, Wm. D. ; capt. ; wounded in left ankle. 
Hall, Joseph N. ; private ; wounded in left foot. 
Hansen, Horatio N. ; private; killed. 
Pownall, Horace B.; private; wounded in head. 
Rej-nolds, Vincent; private; wounded in back. 
Wise, Watson; private; wounded in neck and face. 

COMPANY H. 

McClelland, Samuel ; capt. ; wounded in face and arm. 

Fox, Ellis; sergt.; wounded in left arm and taken prisoner. 

Van Wye, Wm. ; sergt.; killed. 

Glendening, Chas. ; corpl. ; wounded in left leg. 

Kincaid, Joseph : corpl. ; wounded in both arms. 

Bennett, Wm. H. ; corpl- ; killed. 

Johnson, Webster A.; private; wounded in hip. 

Martin. Otis; private; wounded in left leg. 

Merrill, James H.; private; killed. 

White, Addison; private; wounded in hip. 

Wright, Harry; private; wounded in right arm. 

COMPANY I. 

Cryne, Joseph ; 2nd lieut. ; killed. 
Deeds, Hiram B. ; sergt.; wounded in right hand. 
Decker, James; private; wounded in right knee. 
Hall. Fred'k R. ; private; wounded in right .nukle 



648 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 

COMPANY K. 

Nesper, Christ. W. ; ist lieut. ; wounded in hip. 

Hinkston, Elmer; ist sergt. ; wounded in leg, died of wounds Jan. 

21, 1864. 
Dietz, Coney ; private ; wounded in back. 
Dorn, David F. ; private ; wounded in head. 
Fetzer, Herman ; private ; wounded in left leg. 
Happig, Tobias ; private ; wounded in right hand. 
Pfahl, Wm. ; private ; killed. 
Raquett, Geo. ; private ; wounded in left leg. 
Rowe, Joseph ; private ; wounded in foot. 
Schwink, John ; private ; wounded in left arm. 
Wandel, Geo. ; private ; wounded in left leg. 

Killed, 16; wounded, 57; prisoner, i (wounded). Total loss, TZ- 

Battle of Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864. 

company b. 
Grimes, Ira; private; wounded in head. 

COMPANY C. 

Andrews, Martin M. ; ist sergt. ; wounded. 

Wounded, 2. 

Battle of Dallas, Ga.. May 25 to June i, 1864. 

company a. 
Johnston, Robert B. ; private ; wounded in right arm. 

COMPANY B. 

Gaskill, Franklin R. ; sergt. ; wounded in hand. 
Marks, Jacob ; corpl. ; wounded in left ankle. 
Harbaugh, John; private; wounded in left ankle. 
Wood, Star B. ; private ; wounded in left ankle. 

COMPANY c. 

Davis, Llewellyn R. ; capt. ; taken prisoner. 
Burns, John M. ; private ; wounded. 
Rand, True; private; wounded. 
Wilford, John; private; wounded. 

COMPANY D. 

Miller, Ephraim C. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Travis, Isaac S. ; private ; taken prisoner. 
Tattle, Bingham ; private ; killed. 

COMPANY E. 

Floro, Jesse ; private ; wounded. 



CASUALTY LIST 649 

COMPANY 1-. 

Spencer. Harlow N. ; istlieut. ; wounded over right eye. 

Stratton, Isaac ; istsergt. ; killed. 

Tousley, Albert ^L ; sergt. ; wounded in face. 

Granger, Edward G. ; sergt. ; wounded in right arm. 

Thwing, Henry; corpl. ; wounded in right hip. 

Auxer, James B. ; private ; wounded. 

E>owning, Freeman ; private ; wounded in neck. 

Hazen. Monroe: private; killed. 

Pegg, Lewis ; private ; wounded twice in right arm. 

Scovill, Marshall L. ; private ; wounded in right arm. 

COMPANY G. 

King, Chas. L. ; ist sergt.; wounded in right hand. 

Callow, \Vm. F. ; sergt. ; wounded. 

Owen, Humphrey ; corpl.; wounded. 

Curran, James ; private; wounded. 

Smith, Philip ; private ; wounded in right arm. 

COMPANY H. 

Wright, Harry ; private ; wounded in left leg. 

CO.MPANY I. 

McClelland, Robert; ist sergt.; killed. 

Cowden, Chas. L. ; corpl.; wounded in right thigh, died of wounds 

June 14, 1864. 
Deeds, Jos. B. ; private ; wounded, died of wounds June 13, 1864. 

COMPANY K. 

Sohl. George; sergt.; wounded. 
Sommer, Conrad ; corpl. ; wounded. 
Burger, Albert ; private ; wounded. 

Killed, 4; wounded, 28; prisoners, 3. Total loss, 35. 

Miscellaneous. 

Brooks, Chas. A.; ist lieut. and adj.; killed in R. R. accident at Cleve- 
land, O., Aug. 13, 1863. r J »r 

Hughes, Morris R. ; hosp. steward; leg broken at Loudoun Mountam. 

Va. _ ^^ 

King, Ira S. ; hosp. steward; taken prisoner at Winchester, \ a., May 

24, 1862. 

company a. 



Holly, Morris J.; sergt.; taken prisoner at Snickers Gap, Va., July 

22, 1863. .,, • O T 

Baker, Chas.; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ua., June 

27. 1864. . . >r o< 

Bower, John H. ; private; taken prisoner May 27. '"&-J- . 

Forbey, Albert A. ; private ; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, ua 



650 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

McCain, Willis F. ; private ; accidentally shot and died at Gauley 
Bridge, Va., Sept. 27, 1861. 

McCanna, Michael; private; accidentally shot at Cotton Hill, Va., and 
died at Charleston, Va., Nov. 18, 1861. 

Schroeder, Louis; private; drowned in Rappahannock River at Fred- 
ericksburg, Va., May 24, 1862. 

Stein, David G. ; private ; accidentally wounded with bayonet at Alex- 
andria, Va. 

Thompson, Wm. N. ; private ; taken prisoner in Shenandoah Valley, 
during Jackson raid. 

Wright, Edwin L- ; private; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, 
1864. 

COMPANY B. 

Carmody, Martin; private; taken prisoner in hospital at Strasburg, 

Va., May 24, 1862. 
Carson, Jacob W. ; private ; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 

June 19, 1864. 
Cowan. Chas. ; private ; wounded at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 

1864. 
Guellow, Milton; private; taken prisoner in hospital at Strasburg, 

Va., May 24, 1862. 
St. Onge, Mitchell; private; leg crushed in railroad accident at 

Grafton, W. Va., on way to Army of Cumberland, Sept. 29, 1863. 
Walker, Thos. ; private; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., May 24, 

1862. 

COMPANY C. 

Trembly, Oliver C. ; sergt. ; drowned in Ohio River June 24, 1864. 
Adams, Theron E. W. ; corpl. ; wounded at Glenville, Va., July 21, 

1861. 
Cochran, Harlon B. ; corpl. ; taken prisoner at Strasburg, Va. 
Baird, Wm. H. ; private; taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, Va., Nov. 

25, 1862. 
Collins, Howard; private; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, 1864. 
Rand, True; private; mortally wounded at Kenesaw ]\Iountain, Ga., 

June 27, 1864. 
Wise, Oliver; private; taken prisoner at Bristow Sta., Va., Aug. 31, 

1862. 

COMPANY D. 

Baker, Schuyler J. ; private ; taken prisoner at Culpeper, Va. Nurse 

in hospital. 
Brakeman, Gerry; private; killed at Pine Knob, Ga., June 15, 1864. 
Bryant, Demas W. ; private; taken prisoner at Manassas Junction, 

Va., Sept. 4, 1862. 
Johnson, Chas. H.; private; accidentally shot on July 26, and died at 

Sutton, Va., Aug. 20, 1861. 
Shepherd, Richard K. ; private; wounded at Pine Knob, Ga., June 16, 

1864. 

COMPANY E. 

Sprague, John W., capt. ; taken prisoner at Birch River, Va., Aug 11, 
1861. 



CASUALTY LIST 65 I 

Smith, Hiram; musician; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., May 25, 

1862. 
Clarke, Jos. S. ; private; wounded in left ankle near Romncy, Va., 

Jan. 10, 1862. 
Penny, Spafford-A. ; private; taken prisoner May 7. 1862. 
Raymond, Albert G. ; private ; left arm broken on cars March q, 1862. 

COMPANY F. 

Carr, Alexander C. ; ist sergt. ; wounded at Peach Tree Creek, July 

20, 1864. 
Baptie, John; scrgt. ; wounded in left thigh at Pine Knob, Ga., June 

16, 1864. 
Bennett, Daniel ; private ; wounded in left thigh at Pine Knob, Ga., 

June 16, 1864. 
Brewster, Oscar ; private ; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 

zj, 1864. 

COMPANY G. 

Pitts, Israel ; private ; taken prisoner at Manassas Junction, Va., Sept. 

I, 1862. 
Rodgers. \Vm. K. ; private; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., June 

22,, 1862. 

COMPANY H. 

Baker, Russell; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 

27. 1864. Left arm amputated. 
Oliver, George W. ; private ; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., 

June 2^, 1864. Right leg amputated. 

COMPANY I. 

Sterling, Wm. R. ; capt. ; taken prisoner while scouting licar Aldie, 

Va., June 17, 1863. 
Dicks, John D. ; corpl. ; drowned in Kanawha River, Nov. 4, 1861. 
Brown, John V. ; private ; accidentally shot in right hand. 

CO -M PA NY K. 

Schutte, John F. ; capt.; killed in skirmish near Cross Lanes, Va., 

Aug. 20, 1861. 
Denzel, George; corpl. and sergt.; wounded in skirmish near Cross 

Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861. 
Beil, Sigmund; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross Lanes, 

Va.. Aug. 20, 1861. 
Bruckelmayer, Fred'k; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross 

Lanes. Va., Aug. 20. 1861. 
Faubel, Henry; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross Lanes, 

Va., Aug. 20, 1861. 
Fenz. Engelbert; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross 

Lanes. Va., Aug. 20, 1861. 
Lehr. Henrv; private; taken prisoner at Winchester, Va. 
Malchus. Andrew: private; wounded at skirmish near Cross Lanes, 

Va.. Aug. 20, 1861. • . 

Oettinger, Christian; private; wounded at Kenesaw Mountai^, Ga., 

June 27, 1864. 



652 SEVENTH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INEANTRY 

Raquett, George; private; taken prisoner at Bristow Station, Va., 

Sept., 1862. 
Rich, Chas. ; private; wounded and taken prisoner in skirmish near 

Cross Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861. 
Weisenbach, Geo.; private; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross 

Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, 1861. 
Bohm, Edward H. ; sergt. ; taken prisoner in skirmish near Cross 

Lanes, Va., Aug. 20, i^i, while caring for body of his captain. 

Killed by accident, i ; killed in action, 2 ; wounded in 
action, 20; wounded by accident, 8; prisoners, 27; 
drowned, 3. Total, 61. 



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